Published November, 2012
By Rachel Cooper and Havi Carel
Publisher: Acumen Publishing Ltd
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Agenda-setting collection of essays for the newly evolving field of philosophy of medicine.

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Published April, 2012
By Raymond Tallis
Publisher: Acumen Publishing Ltd
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In a devastating critique Raymond Tallis exposes the exaggerated claims made for the ability of neuroscience and evolutionary theory to explain human consciousness, behaviour, culture and society.

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Published May, 2011
By Raymond Tallis
Publisher: Acumen Publishing Ltd
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In a devastating critique Raymond Tallis exposes the exaggerated claims made for the ability of neuroscience and evolutionary theory to explain human consciousness, behaviour, culture and society, and shows that human beings are infinitely more interesting and complex than they appear in the mirror of biologism.

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Published November, 2007
By Rachel Cooper
Publisher: Acumen Publishing Ltd
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Through an examination of those features of psychiatry that distinguish it from other sciences - for example, its contested subject matter, its particular modes of explanation, and its multiple different theoretical frameworks - this book explores some of the many conceptual, metaphysical and epistemological issues that arise in psychiatry.

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Published November, 2007
By Rachel Cooper
Publisher: Acumen Publishing Ltd
Rating:
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Through an examination of those features of psychiatry that distinguish it from other sciences - for example, its contested subject matter, its particular modes of explanation, and its multiple different theoretical frameworks - this book explores some of the many conceptual, metaphysical and epistemological issues that arise in psychiatry.

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Published October, 2007
By Mary Ann Gardell Cutter and Raphael Sassower
Publisher: Acumen Publishing Ltd
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Examines the predicaments of medicine within a cultural context and suggests that rational discourse and parochial ethical dialogue may be futile in the face of competing and incommensurable frameworks and agendas, attitudes and wishes. This work shows that, in the postmodern age, two interrelated issues surface when it comes to medicine.

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Published September, 2007
By Mary Ann Gardell Cutter and Raphael Sassower
Publisher: Acumen Publishing Ltd
Rating:
in-stock

Examines the predicaments of medicine within a cultural context and suggests that rational discourse and parochial ethical dialogue may be futile in the face of competing and incommensurable frameworks and agendas, attitudes and wishes. This work shows that, in the postmodern age, two interrelated issues surface when it comes to medicine.

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