In this paper I claim that concepts taken from Wittgenstein's philosophy’s concepts can shed light on the phenomenon of schizophrenia in at least three different ways: with a view to empathy, scientific explanation, or philosophical clarification. I consider two different “positive” wittgensteinian accounts—Campbell’s idea that delusions involve a mechanism of which different framework propositions are parts, Sass’ proposal that the schizophrenic patient can be described as a solipsist-, and a "negative" wittgensteinian account, namely Rhodes’ and Gipp’s account, where epistemic aspects of schizophrenia are explained as failures in the ordinary background of certainties. I argue that none of them amounts to empathic-phenomenological understanding, but they provide examples of how philosophical concepts can contribute to scientific explanation, and to philosophical clarification respectively
Lalumera, E. (2018). Understanding Schizophrenia Through Wittgenstein: Empathy, Explanation, and Philosophical Clarification. In I. Hipólito (a cura di), Schizophrenia and Common Sense. Explaining the Relation Between Madness and Social Values (pp. 239-254). Springer International Publishing [10.1007/978-3-319-73993-9_15].
Citazione: | Lalumera, E. (2018). Understanding Schizophrenia Through Wittgenstein: Empathy, Explanation, and Philosophical Clarification. In I. Hipólito (a cura di), Schizophrenia and Common Sense. Explaining the Relation Between Madness and Social Values (pp. 239-254). Springer International Publishing [10.1007/978-3-319-73993-9_15]. | |
Titolo: | Understanding Schizophrenia Through Wittgenstein: Empathy, Explanation, and Philosophical Clarification | |
Autori: | Lalumera, E | |
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Presenza di un coautore afferente ad Istituzioni straniere: | No | |
Tipo: | Capitolo o saggio | |
Carattere della pubblicazione: | Scientifica | |
Data di pubblicazione: | 2018 | |
Lingua: | English | |
Titolo del libro: | Schizophrenia and Common Sense. Explaining the Relation Between Madness and Social Values | |
ISBN: | 978-3-319-73992-2 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73993-9_15 | |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 03 - Contributo in libro |
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