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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....
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.S. Lewis called the 'abolition of
man.' Thomas Szasz is a true Socratic gadfly of our modern Athens."
I don't know why Prof. Fulford endorsed a book whose premise he does
not agree with. Fulford's "plea for mental disorder" makes no sense if he
takes Dr. Szasz's contention seriously, that "mind" is only a metaphor.
There is no "mental disorder" if there is no "mind".
If Dr. Szasz is wrong then what is the meaning of mind?
"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
"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
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....
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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