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Is it good to conceive of one's life narratively?
This post is by Sally Latham. Sally is a PhD candidate with the Open University Philosophy Department, researching non-narrative approaches to treating mental illness. She also teaches Philosophy A...
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Information Deprivation and Democratic Engagement
Today's post is by Adrian K. Yee. Adrian is finishing his PhD at the University of Toronto focusing on the intersection of philosophy of science, politics, and economics (PPE) and will begin a position...
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Epistemic injustice in the therapeutic relationship in psychiatry
Today’s post is by Eisuke Sakakibara, who is currently a lecturer at the University of Tokyo Hospital. He is a clinical psychiatrist as well as a researcher in the field of philosophy of psychiatry....
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Losing the light at the end of the tunnel: Depression, future thinking, and hope
Today's post is by Juliette Vazard on her recent paper "Losing the light at the end of the tunnel: Depression, future thinking, and hope" (Mind & Language 2023). Juliette Vazard is a postdoctoral...
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Hinge commitments as arational beliefs
Today's post is by Aliosha Barranco Lopez (Bowdoin College) on her recent paper "Hinge commitments as arational beliefs" (Synthese, 2023).Aliosha Barranco LopezWe all have a worldview—an understanding...
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The experience of dysmenorrhea
Today's post is by Carlota Serrahima on her recent paper, "The experience of dysmenorrhea" (Synthese, 2023). She is a postdoctoral fellow within the ERC funded project "Rethinking Conscious Agency",...
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Naturalistic understandings of mental disorder can be epistemically empowering
Today's post is by Dan Degerman on his recent paper, "Epistemic injustice, naturalism, and mental disorder: on the epistemic benefits of obscuring social factors" (Synthese, 2023). Dan Degerman is...
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Revisiting Maher’s one-factor theory of delusion
Today's post is by Chenwei Nie on his recent paper, "Revisiting Maher’s one-factor theory of delusion" (Neuroethics, 2023). Currently, he is a Teaching Fellow in Philosophy at the University of...
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Self-narratives and Medicalization in Psychiatric Diagnosis
This post was published on the EPIC blog in July 2023. It is by Richard Hassall, a qualified clinical psychologist, now retired. After retirement, Richard enrolled at the University of Sheffield to do...
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Philosophy of Psychiatry and Lived Experience (1)
This blog post is by Zsuzsanna Chappell. Zsuzsanna is an independent scholar and research associate at the Centre for the Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences, London School of Economics. She...
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Philosophy of Psychiatry and Lived Experience (2)
This blog post is by Zsuzsanna Chappell. Zsuzsanna is an independent scholar and research associate at the Centre for the Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences, London School of Economics. She...
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Reichenau Summer School: Dealing with Uncertainty
In today's post I report on the Summer School in Reichenau which I had the pleasure to attend on 25th and 26th August 2023. The theme was Belief, meaning, knowledge: how we deal with uncertainty....
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Remembering requires no reliability
This post is by Changsheng Lai (Shanghai Jiao Tong University). Changsheng LaiYou believe that you locked the door before you left your house, but do you really remember that? Your belief about the...
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Silence
This post is by Dan Degerman, Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the University of Bristol, soon to join the new project EPIC (Epistemic Injustice in Healthcare), funded by a Wellcome Discovery...
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Introspection in the Disordered Mind and the Superintrospectionitis Thesis
This blog post is by Alexandre Billon who presents his argument in a paper recently published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies. This paper is a commentary on Kammerer and Frankish's article on...
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Is OCD Epistemically Irrational?
Today’s post is by Pablo Hubacher Haerle on his recent paper “Is OCD Epistemically Irrational?” (Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology 2023). Pablo Hubacher Haerle is a PhD student at the University of...
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Addressing Autistic Mental Health from the First Person
Today's post is by Themistoklis Pantazakos and Gert-Jan Vanaken. Themistoklis (he/him) is an Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Psychiatry at The American College of Greece and an Honorary Research...
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On the Origin of Conspiracy Theories
The blog post today is by Patrick Brooks (Rutgers University) on his recent paper, "On the origin of conspiracy theories" (Philosophical Studies, 2023).Patrick BrooksIn the last, say, 20 years or so, a...
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The case of poor postpartum mental health: a consequence of an evolutionary...
Today's post is by Orli Dahan (Tel-Hai College) on her recent paper, "The case of poor postpartum mental health: a consequence of an evolutionary mismatch–not of an evolutionary trade-off" (Biology...
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Receptive Publics
Today's post is by Joshua Habgood-Coote and Nadja El Kassar on their recent paper, Receptive Publics (Ergo, forthcoming). Joshua Habgood-Coote is a research fellow at the school of philosophy,...
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