Karl Jaspers’ Philosophy and Psychopathology

How much of mental illness is in the brain? The mind? Why does it matter? A century after his groundbreaking General Psychopathology, the work of Karl Jaspers remains relevant and timely. Then, as now, advances in neuroscience are revolutionizing psychology, resulting in a precarious balance between...

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Weitere Verfasser: Fuchs, Thomas (HerausgeberIn) , Breyer, Thiemo (HerausgeberIn) , Mundt, Christoph (HerausgeberIn)
Dokumenttyp: Sammelband
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY s.l. Springer New York Imprint: Springer 2014
Schriftenreihe:SpringerLink Bücher
Volumes / Articles: Show Volumes / Articles.
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4614-8878-1
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Verfasserangaben:Thomas Fuchs, Thiemo Breyer, Christoph Mundt, editors
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Part I: History and MethodologyPsychopathology and the Modern Age. Karl Jaspers reads Hölderlin
  • Hermeneutical and dialectical thinking in psychiatry and the contribution of Karl Jaspers
  • Phenomenological intuitionism and its psychiatric impact
  • The reception of Jaspers’ General Psychopathology outside of Europe
  • Brain mythologies: Jaspers’ critique of reductionism from a current perspective
  • Karl Jaspers’ criticism of anthropological and phenomenological psychiatry
  • Perspectival knowing: Karl Jaspers and Ronald N. Giere
  • Part II: Psychopathology and Psychotherapy.-Karl Jaspers on primary delusional experiences of schizophrenics: his concept of delusion compared to that of the DSM
  • Delusion and double book-keeping
  • Jaspers on feelings and affective states
  • Jaspers’ concept of “limit situation”: extensions and therapeutic applications
  • Psychopathology and psychotherapy in Jaspers’ work and today’s perspectives on psychotherapy in psychiatry.