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Urojenia jako rodzaje naturalne: problem homeostatycznych klastrów własności
Delusion as a natural kind: problem of homeostatic property clusters

Author(s): Bartosz Janik
Subject(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.

  • Issue Year: 1/2016
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 124-135
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish