Disturbed Consciousness: New Essays on Psychopathology and Theories of Consciousness
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Overview
In Disturbed Consciousness, philosophers and other scholars examine various psychopathologies in light of specific philosophical theories of consciousness. The contributing authors—some of them discussing or defending their own theoretical work—consider not only how a theory of consciousness can account for a specific psychopathological condition but also how the characteristics of a psychopathology might challenge such a theory. Thus one essay defends the higher-order thought (HOT) theory of consciousness against the charge that it cannot account for somatoparaphrenia (a delusion in which one denies ownership of a limb). Another essay argues that various attempts to explain away such anomalies within subjective theories of consciousness fail.
Other essays consider such topics as the application of a model of unified consciousness to cases of brain bisection and dissociative identity disorder; prefrontal and parietal underconnectivity in autism and other psychopathologies; self-deception and the self-model theory of subjectivity; schizophrenia and the vehicle theory of consciousness; and a shift in emphasis away from an internal (or brainbound) approach to psychopathology to an interactive one. Each essay offers a distinctive perspective from the intersection of philosophy, consciousness research, and psychiatry.
Contributors
Alexandre Billon, Andrew Brook, Paula Droege, Rocco J. Gennaro, Philip Gerrans, William Hirstein, Jakob Hohwy, Uriah Kriegel, Timothy Lane, Thomas Metzinger, Erik Myin, Inez Myin-Germeys, Myrto Mylopoulos, Gerard O'Brien, Jon Opie, J. Kevin O'Regan, Iuliia Pliushch, Robert Van Gulick
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262552400 |
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| Publisher: | MIT Press |
| Publication date: | 05/28/2024 |
| Series: | Philosophical Psychopathology |
| Pages: | 384 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
1 Psychopathologies and Theories of Consciousness: An Overview Rocco J. Gennaro 1
2 Jaspers' Dilemma: The Psychopathoiogical Challenge to Subjectivity Theories of Consciousness Alexandre Billon Uriah Kriegel 29
3 Somatoparaphrenia, Anosognosia, and Higher-Order Thoughts Rocco J. Gennaro 55
4 Consciousness, Action, and Pathologies of Agency Myrto Mylopoulos 75
5 Self, Belonging, and Conscious Experience: A Critique of Subjectivity Theories of Consciousness Timothy Lane 103
6 From Darwin to Freud: Confabulation as an Adaptive Response to Dysfunctions of Consciousness Paula Droege 141
7 Self-Deception and the Dolphin Model of Cognition Iuliia Pliushch Thomas Metzinger 167
8 Disorders of Unified Consciousness: Brain Bisection and Dissociative Identity Disorder Andrew Brook 209
9 Altogether Now-Not! Integration Theories of Consciousness and Pathologies of Disunity Robert Van Gulick 227
10 Consciousness despite Network Under connectivity in Autism: Another Case of Consciousness without Prefrontal Activity? William Hirstein 249
11 A Schizophrenic Defense of a Vehicle Theory of Consciousness Gerard O'Brien Jon Opie 265
12 Prediction Error Minimization, Mental and Developmental Disorder, and Statistical Theories of Consciousness Jakob Hohwy 293
13 Passivity Experience in Schizophrenia Philip Gerrans 325
14 From a Sensorimotor Account of Perception to an Interactive Approach to Psychopathology Erik Myin J. Kevin O'Regan Inez Myin-Germeys 347
Contributors 369
Index 373
What People are Saying About This
This is a timely collection of philosophically sophisticated essays on psychopathologies and disturbances of consciousness and self-consciousness. It reflects some of the best work being done on connecting theories of consciousness with theories of mental disorder. It is a most welcome contribution to the field of philosophical psychopathology.
This stellar collection of essays breaks new ground in the study of consciousness, and is required reading for anyone interested in the nature of human experience and the pathologies to which it is subject.
This stellar collection of essays breaks new ground in the study of consciousness, and is required reading for anyone interested in the nature of human experience and the pathologies to which it is subject.
—Tim Bayne, Professor of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario and University of Manchester; author of The Unity of Consciousness and Thought: A Very Short Introduction
A wonderful collection of astute contributions from an array of disciplines that anyone interested in the interface between philosophy, the brain, neuropathology, and psychological disturbances will find fascinating.
—Todd E. Feinberg, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; author of From Axons to Identity: Neurological Explorations of the Nature of the SelfThis is a timely collection of philosophically sophisticated essays on psychopathologies and disturbances of consciousness and self-consciousness. It reflects some of the best work being done on connecting theories of consciousness with theories of mental disorder. It is a most welcome contribution to the field of philosophical psychopathology.
—George Graham, Professor of Philosophy and Adjunct Faculty, Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University; author of The Disordered MindThis stellar collection of essays breaks new ground in the study of consciousness, and is required reading for anyone interested in the nature of human experience and the pathologies to which it is subject.
—Tim Bayne, Professor of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario and University of Manchester; author of The Unity of Consciousness and Thought: A Very Short IntroductionA wonderful collection of astute contributions from an array of disciplines that anyone interested in the interface between philosophy, the brain, neuropathology, and psychological disturbances will find fascinating.