Kant on mental disorder. Part 1: an overview.
This paper sets out Kant's anthropological account of mental disorder. I begin with a discussion of the nature of Kant's 'pragmatic anthropology' and the implications of the fact that his discussion of mental disorder takes place in that context. I then set out Kant's taxonomy of the mind and discuss the various disorders affecting the cognitive faculty and the faculties of feeling and desire. I end with a brief discussion of Kant's views on the causes, preventions, and treatments of mental disorder.
Frierson
Patrick
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Philosophy Department, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA 99362, USA. frierspr@whitman.edu
D000883:Anthropology / Q000266:history*; D003071:Cognition; D004644:Emotions; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history* / Q000517:prevention & control; D010684:Philosophy / Q000266:history