What is wrong with reductionism? On the normative nature of mental disorder

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Rüther, Markus ^a,b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Ethik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anti reductionism; Concept of mental disorder; Irreducibility; Normativity; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897646997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00122     Document Type: Note

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