Autism and "disease': The semantics of an ill-posed question

被引：3
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作者：
Mole, Christopher [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ British Columbia, Dept Philosophy, Vancouver, BC, Canada
来源：
PHILOSOPHICAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2017年 / 30卷 / 08期
关键词：
Autism; medical model; psychiatry; semantic disharmony; CHILDREN; NEURODIVERSITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; DISORDERS; ILLNESS;
D O I：
10.1080/09515089.2017.1338341
中图分类号：
B82 [伦理学（道德学）];
学科分类号：
摘要：
It often seems incorrect to say that psychiatric conditions are diseases, and equally incorrect to say that they are not. This results in what would seem to be an unsatisfactory stalemate. The present essay examines the considerations that have brought us to such a stalemate in our discussions of autism. It argues that the stalemate in this particular case is a reflection of the fact that we need to find the logical space for a position that rejects both positive and negative answers. It then suggests one way in which we might find such space, by applying Michael Dummett's notion of semantic disharmony.
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