Hartstra, W. A. (2023) The Ontology of Mental Disorders; The Natural Ontological Attitude and Psychopathology. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The network approach has become a popular and much-discussed model for conceptualising mental disorders. Its ontological assumptions however remain less debated. It is assumed by some of the leading figures of the network approach that the successful use of a network model gives evidence for conceptualising mental disorders as network structures of interacting symptoms and that underlying the approach is scientific realism. In this paper, I contest the second assumption and argue we can adopt Artur Fine’s natural ontological attitude instead. This approach can make equal sense of psychological practice at a lesser theoretical cost and argues against the appeal to scientific realism for wanting to validate our disorder concepts. The natural ontological attitude skews a priori philosophical programmes in favour of local theoretical discussion infused in scientific practice. This gives space to focus on specific issues that arise, like the first aforementioned assumption that a network model supports a network conceptualisation of mental disorders. Keywords: natural ontological attitude, network approach, psychopathology, truth
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Schleim, S. and Burman, J.T. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Theory and History of Psychology [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Aug 2023 14:35 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Aug 2023 14:35 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2838 |
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