Problems of Living: Perspectives from Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Cognitive-Affective Science

Author: Dan J. Stein

Problems of Living: Perspectives from Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Cognitive-Affective Science is a comprehensive exploration of philosophical questions related to problems of living. It delves into the nature of the brain-mind, reason and emotion, happiness and suffering, goodness and truth, and the meaning of life. This multidisciplinary approach integrates critical, pragmatic, and embodied realism with moral naturalism, combining metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics with data from cognitive-affective science.

This book provides a novel framework for considering not only the nature of mental disorders but also broader issues in mental health, such as finding pleasure and purpose in life. It draws on the strongest aspects of polar positions in philosophy and psychiatry to help resolve important perennial debates in these fields.

Problems of Living explores continuities between early philosophical work and current cognitive-affective sciences, including neuroscience and psychology. It employs findings from modern cognitive-affective science to rethink key long-standing debates in philosophy and psychiatry. By building on work showing how mind is embodied in the brain and embedded in society, it provides an integrated conceptual framework.

This book assesses both the insights and the limitations of cognitive-affective science for addressing the big questions and hard problems of living. It is an essential read for scholars, researchers, and practitioners in philosophy, psychiatry, and cognitive-affective science.

Publication Details:

Published by: Elsevier Science

Publication Date: May 11, 2021

Language: English

ISBN: 9780323902397, 9780323904391