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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Lennart Nordenfelt (, Professor of Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care at the Department of Health and Society, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.40cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.30cm Weight: 0.351kg ISBN: 9780199214853ISBN 10: 0199214859 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 26 April 2007 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPart I - Prolegomena to action theory and the theory of health 1: Elements of the philosophy of action 2: On the possibilities for action: ability, opportunity, and competence 3: Towards a theory of health and illness 4: On the understanding and explanation of actions Part II - Irrationality, compulsion and mental disorder 5: Reasons for action and rationality 6: On defective rationalization of action 7: Towards a theory of mental disorder: the place of compulsion 8: Towards a new analysis of compulsion 9: Compulsion and specific mental disorders 10: Epilogue Part III- Summary of basic conceptsReviewsA substantial work of analysis and provides a clear approach to action explanation through practical syllogism. --Metapsychology<br> .,. a very useful resource for those philosophers of mind who might wonder what the practical dimension of their work is, and to those psychiatrists who are interested in the philosophical issues raised by the study of mental disorders. --British Journal of Psychology<br> Nordenfelt's thesis here is more or less spot on for the conditions he covers...a readable book, and as a spur to thinking about nosology and why, for example, a depressive illness is an illness and not understandable misery, it is definitely worth reading. --Psychological Medicine<br> I would recommend this book for clinicians of any discipline who have an interest in examining mechanism and determinants of behavior in an in-depth manner. --Justin J. Trevino, M.D., for Psychiatric Services<br> Author InformationNordenfelt has published several books in action theory and the theory of health and welfare. These monographs include Events, Actions and ordinary Language (1977), Causes of death (1983), On Crime, Punishment and Psychiatric Care (1992), Quality of Life, Health and Happiness (1993), On the Nature of Health (1995), Talking about Health: A Philosophical Dialogue (1997), Action, Ability and Health (2000), Health, Science and Ordinary Language (2001) and Animal and Human health and Welfare: A Philosophical Comparison (2006). He is on the editorial board of several journals, including The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy; Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics; Health Care Analysis; Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy; and Philosophy, Psychiatry & Psychology. Nordenfelt was a research fellow at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, in 1976, and the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, at Edinburgh University, Scotland, in 1989. He was Visiting Professor at the University of Warwick, England, in 1998-1999. He is at present research fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social Sciences in Uppsala, Sweden. Nordenfelt was the President of the European Society for the Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care between 2001 and 2004 and was a member of the Board of Linköping University between 1994 and 2000. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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