title: Transforming poison into medicine: the role of dualism in psychiatry.
abstract: This article draws attention to a generalizable phenomenon called "transforming poison into medicine," illustrating both literal and figurative applications. The purpose of such illustrations is to support a strong philosophical claim, namely the currently incomplete reduction (if not the ultimate irreducibility) of intentional mind-states - e.g., beliefs, desires, volitions - to electro-chemical brain-states. Such incomplete reduction (or irreducibility) holds profound implications for the ineluctable role of dualism in neuroscience and psychiatry alike.
authors: The City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, USA. marinoff@frontiernet.net
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mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D002016:Buddhism; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D008606:Mental Processes / Q000502:physiology*; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D011603:Psychophysiology; D014836:Volition / Q000502:physiology