The philosophies of madness: an introduction

2023/09/27 by Jasper Feyaerts, Rob Sips · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Mental Health and Psychiatry #Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy #Philosophical Ethics and Theory

paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/09515089.2023.2258311

openalex publication_date 2023/09/27 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25

Abstract

What might be the value of the often rather abstract theoretical reflections of philosophy for understanding the concrete and lived experience of various forms of madness? And is there something co...

Discussions

• On World Mental Health Day we wanted to share our two part special issue on Philosophies of Madness which begins with an introduction from guest editors Jasper Feyaerts and Rob Sips doi.org/10.1080/09 [bsky, 5 points, 1 comments]

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