Toward a limited realism for psychiatric nosology based on the coherence theory of truth

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1115-1118

  Kendler, K S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherence theory of truth; pessimistic induction; philosophy; psychiatric nosology; validity

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PHILOSOPHY; SCIENCE;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PHILOSOPHY; SCIENCE;

EID: 84925245464     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291714002177     Document Type: Review

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