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].

Understanding Schizophrenia Through Wittgenstein: Empathy, Explanation, and Philosophical Clarification

Lalumera, E.
2018

Abstract

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
Capitolo o saggio
Wittgenstein, Schizophrenia, phenomenology, explanation, mental disorders
English
Schizophrenia and Common Sense. Explaining the Relation Between Madness and Social Values
Hipólito, Inês, Gonçalves, Jorge, Pereira, João G. (Eds.)
22-mar-2018
2018
978-3-319-73992-2
12
Springer International Publishing
239
254
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].
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