Posted by alexandra_k on October 13, 2006, at 20:46:33
In reply to Re: Request Problems in Living Board, posted by zazenducky on October 13, 2006, at 15:17:30
He isn't that bad.
He has a narrow conception of 'disease'. He thinks that disease refers to bodily disease.
He also seems to be an eliminativist about the mind. Strange view... But it doesn't make him a bad person.
Because he doesn't believe in minds he also doesn't believe in 'mental disease'.
He thinks that it might be the case that some people who we currently consider mentally diseased have some kind of brain disease. If that is so then they have a neurological illness.
He thinks that the notion of 'mental disease' can only be metaphorical, however.
Strange...
But he is alright really. He has been given a bad rap over the years...
He isn't that bad...
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