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Psychiatry as Cognitive Neuroscience: Philosophical Perspectives. Edited by Broome Matthew R. and Bortolotti Lisa., Oxford University Press. 2009. £34.95 (pb). 400 pp. ISBN: 9780199238033
When philosophers have applied their minds to mental illness, their aim has sometimes been to highlight the shortfalls and inconsistencies in prevalent concepts of the nature of mental disorders. At worst, this has led to the view that mental illness has no real existence and that it serves only as a means of stigmatising and excluding those who do not conform to expected patterns of behaviour. Although this has often been interesting and illuminating, it has been of little help to those...