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- Published on: 16 May 2001
- Published on: 20 April 2001
- Published on: 16 May 2001the meaning of mindShow More
Dear Editor,
Prof. Fulford endorsed Dr. Thomas Szasz's book THE MEANING OF MIND:
"Within the broad church of anti-psychiatry, Thomas Szasz has been foremost in challenging a narrowly biological conception of human nature. Provocative, thoughtful, and highly readable, The Meaning of Mind extends his arguments to the bleak redunctionism implicit in modern neuroscience. This is a timely stand against what C....
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None declared. - Published on: 20 April 2001The strict meaning of 'disease'Show More
Dr. Mortimer J. Adler says:
"It is clear that in the strict meaning of 'disease' only the body can suffer lesions; the intellect as such cannot be diseased, though it can be affected by a diseased body."
This supports Dr. Thomas Szasz's interpretation of mental illness as a metaphor.
Adler, M.J. 1937. WHAT MAN HAS MADE OF MAN, page 204
Szasz, T.S. 1961 THE MYTH OF MENTAL ILLNESS...
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