tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322170525447550646.post2313202754736682537..comments2022-03-24T23:16:02.142-04:00Comments on We Call Upon The Author To Explain: Review of Rachel Cooper: Psychiatry and Philosophy of Sciencemetapsychologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06098420421535490471noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322170525447550646.post-25165013536720318642009-04-27T17:51:00.000-04:002009-04-27T17:51:00.000-04:00I've read Boorse and Fulford. I think the idea of...I've read Boorse and Fulford. I think the idea of specifying the necessary and sufficient conditions of mental disorder may be like using a hammer when you need a screwdriver. Mental disorder really is messy. If I've learned one thing in this business, it's often best identified by resemblance to other cases of disorder encountered. You get to know them by their taste and smell, as it were. I think many mental health practitioners would agree.<br /><br />If so, where is the later Wittgensteinian account of mental disorders as more like games, identified by family resemblance rather than by logic. It may end up being a less precise account, and perhaps even a bit circular, but precision is worth sacrificing when you get closer to the truth.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01103625744750161588noreply@blogger.com