Mind, meaning, and mental disorder : the nature of causal explanation in psychology and psychiatry

Contents......Page 10
Introduction and Synopsis......Page 16
1.1.1 Cognition in the explanation of behaviour......Page 44
1.1.2 Cognition, affect and consciousness......Page 55
1.2.1 Some definitions and some old theories......Page 59
1.2.2 Intentionality based in action......Page 62
1.3.1 \' Theory\' in post-empiricist epistemology......Page 70
1.3.2 Theory of mind and self-knowledge......Page 76
1.3.3 Core beliefs: logic and psychologic......Page 82
1.4 The inference to causality......Page 86
1.5 Summary......Page 90
Endnotes......Page 92
References......Page 95
2.1 \'Encoding\' as a solution to the problem of mental causation......Page 102
2.2 Objections to the encoding thesis (1): \'Are there \"sentences in the head\"?\'......Page 107
2.3 Objections to the proposed solution (2): \'(Neural) Syntax isn\'t enough for semantics\'......Page 111
2.4 Objections to the proposed solution (3): \'Neural syntax is enough for causality\'......Page 115
2.5 Objections to the proposed solution (4): \'Meanings ain\'t in the head\'......Page 119
2.6 Objections to the proposed solution (5): \'Meaning is in human activity, not the brain\'......Page 127
2.7 Summary......Page 130
Endnotes......Page 133
References......Page 136
3.1 Intentionality is observer-relative......Page 140
3.2 Theory of mind and empathy (\'mental simulation\')......Page 142
3.3 Rule-following......Page 147
3.4 Relativity and reality in the natural and bio-psychological sciences......Page 160
3.5 Summary......Page 169
Endnotes......Page 170
References......Page 172
4.1 Introduction......Page 176
4.2 Hume\'s analysis of causality and some standard elaborations......Page 177
4.3 Causal semantics: meaning as a (standard) causal relation......Page 182
4.4 Functional semantics: meaning defined in terms of systemic function......Page 188
4.5 Functional semantic causality: norms and necessity, generality and agency......Page 199
4.6 Summary......Page 212
Endnotes......Page 214
References......Page 217
5.1 Introduction......Page 222
5.2 Intentional causality: 15 principles......Page 223
5.3 Non-intentional causality......Page 229
5.4 The relationship between intentional and non-intentional causality......Page 231
5.5 Intentional causality cannot be replaced by non-intentional......Page 232
5.6 The place of non-intentional causality in the explanation of breakdown......Page 238
5.7 Disruption of function and the conditions for non-intentional causality......Page 239
5.8.1 DNA and protein synthesis......Page 240
5.8.2 The haemoglobin molecule......Page 242
References......Page 244
6.1 Introduction......Page 246
6.2.2 The visual system......Page 248
6.2.3 Representation and behaviour in animals......Page 254
6.3.2 The newborn infant......Page 256
6.3.3 The first months......Page 257
6.3.4 Attachment......Page 259
6.3.5 Play......Page 260
6.4.1 The problems and forms of solution......Page 263
6.4.2 Self and personality......Page 264
6.4.3 Communication, metacommunication, and language......Page 266
6.4.4 Cognition and commitment......Page 268
6.5.2 Origins in action......Page 272
6.5.3 Cognitive maturation......Page 273
6.6 Summary......Page 278
References......Page 279
7.2 The operation of intentionality in psychological processes......Page 284
7.3 The disruption of intentionality......Page 287
7.4 Levels of explanation and the reduction of mental processes......Page 291
7.5 Medical disorder......Page 295
7.6.1 Classification and diagnosis......Page 298
7.6.2 Intentionality in psychiatric disorder......Page 299
7.6.3 The search for non-intentional causal explanation......Page 302
7.6.4 Interactions between intentional and non-intentional causal processes......Page 304
7.7.2 Dennett, development and design......Page 306
7.7.3 Genetic influences......Page 311
7.8 \'Biological\' psychiatry and psychology......Page 315
7.9 Summary......Page 317
References......Page 318
8.1 Two approaches: logic and biology......Page 322
8.2.1 Radical error, avoidance and re-enactment......Page 323
8.2.2 A priori threats to action and thought......Page 328
8.2.3 Higher-order intentionality: further possibilities of disorder......Page 332
8.2.4 Psychic defences: behavioural strategies, mental analogues and elaborations......Page 335
8.3.1 Introduction: threats to the integrity of intentional causality......Page 342
8.3.2 Incompatibility between representation and action......Page 344
8.3.3 The generalization and differentiation of representations......Page 347
8.3.4 The stability and testing of representations......Page 348
8.3.5 The integrity of the meta-representational system......Page 349
8.4.2 Conditioning theory......Page 351
8.4.3 Social learning theory......Page 352
8.4.4 Cognitive therapy......Page 353
8.4.5 Psychoanalytic theories......Page 355
8.4.6 Family systems theories......Page 357
8.4.7 Attachment theory......Page 360
8.5 Summary......Page 363
References......Page 364
9.1 Introduction......Page 368
9.2.2 Biochemical contributions......Page 369
9.2.3 Neuropathology and neuropsychology......Page 370
9.2.4 Neurodevelopment and psychological development......Page 372
9.2.5 Psychosis, certainty and action......Page 375
9.3.1 Intentionality, development and content......Page 377
9.3.2 Obsessive compulsive disorder......Page 386
9.3.3 Post-traumatic stress disorder and other cases of recurring, intrusive, distressing thoughts......Page 390
9.4.1 Introduction......Page 404
9.4.2 Borderline personality disorder......Page 405
9.4.3 Sexual abuse and borderline processes......Page 407
9.4.4 Development, intentional and borderline processes......Page 409
9.4.5 Protection and resilience......Page 410
9.5 Conclusion......Page 411
References......Page 413
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