Anthony Wrigley a.wrigley@keele.ac.uk
Realism and Anti-Realism about Mental Illness
Wrigley, Anthony
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Abstract
In this paper I provide an account of the metaphysical foundations of mental illness in terms of a realism debate. I motivate the importance of such metaphysical analysis as a means of avoiding some intractable problems that beset discussion of the concept of mental illness. I apply aspects of the framework developed by Crispin Wright for realism debates in order to examine the ontological commitments to mental illness as a property that humans may exhibit and to examine the various arguments that realists and anti-realists can use to defend their position on mental illness. I pay particular attention to characterising Szasz's account of mental illness as that of an anti-realist error-theory and present ways in which a realist may counter such a position. Ultimately I argue that in order to hold a realist position on mental illness one would have to adopt some form of realism towards values, such as moral realism.
Citation
Wrigley, A. (2007). Realism and Anti-Realism about Mental Illness. Philosophical Papers, 36(3), 371-397. https://doi.org/10.1080/05568641.2007.11733499
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Online Publication Date | May 6, 2016 |
Publication Date | 2007-11 |
Deposit Date | May 30, 2024 |
Journal | Philosophical Papers |
Print ISSN | 0556-8641 |
Electronic ISSN | 1996-8523 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 36 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 371-397 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/05568641.2007.11733499 |
Public URL | https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/834564 |
Publisher URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/05568641.2007.11733499 |
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