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That Way Madness Lies: At the Intersection of Philosophy and Clinical Psychology
Author(s) -
Mundale Jennifer
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
metaphilosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1467-9973
pISSN - 0026-1068
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9973.2004.00343.x
Subject(s) - realm , epistemology , context (archaeology) , relation (database) , philosophy of psychology , philosophical theory , attribution , psychotherapist , psychology , philosophical methodology , cognition , field (mathematics) , clinical practice , philosophy , medicine , psychiatry , social psychology , computer science , paleontology , mathematics , family medicine , database , political science , pure mathematics , law , biology
I argue that philosophical practice is a clinically active and influential endeavor, with both positive (therapeutic) and negative (detrimental) psychological possibilities. Though some have explicitly taken the clinical aspects of philosophy into the therapeutic realm via the new field of philosophical counseling, I am interested in the clinical context of philosophers as philosophers, engaged in standard, philosophical pursuits. In arguing for the clinical implications of philosophical practice I consider the relation between philosophical despair and depression, the cognitive etiology of depression and other clinical disorders, selected DSM‐IV entries, attribution theory, and cognitive therapy.