Between Soma and Society: Neuroscience and the Ontology of Psychopathy

BioSocieties

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-60

  Pickersgill, Martyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antisocial Personality Disorder; Ethics; Neuroscience; Ontology; Psychopathy; Reductionism

Indexed keywords

EID: 85053487690     PISSN: 17458552     EISSN: 17458560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1745855209006425     Document Type: Article

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