The Philosophical Defence of Psychiatry (Philosophical Issues in Science)

The Philosophical Defence of Psychiatry aspires to answer these and other questions. Divided broadly into two halves, the first analyzes the arguments of psychiatry’s critics and covers the philosophical ideas of such thinkers as Freud, Laing, Szasz, Sedgwick and Foucault. The second aims to resolve the problems raised in the first half and thereby to establish a philosophical defense of the theory and practice of psychiatry.