Urojenia jako rodzaje naturalne: problem homeostatycznych klastrów własności
Delusion as a natural kind: problem of homeostatic property clusters
Author(s): Bartosz JanikSubject(s): Philosophy, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Special Branches of Philosophy, Philosophy of Science
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: delusions; natural kinds; philosophy of psychiatry; homeostatic property clusters
Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this article is to analyze the issue of delusions as natural kinds in the context of the problem of scienti c basis of psychiatry. In the analysis the author points out that the claim that delusions are a natural kind (per ceived rather classically) cannot be maintained and delusions should be ana lyzed rather as a homeostatic property clusters. This concept is very popular recently in philosophy of psychiatry and will be the subject of analysis of the second part of the article.
Journal: Semina Scientiarum
- Issue Year: 1/2016
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 124-135
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Polish