Tag: philosophy of language

How Learning New Words Could Make You Happier

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FromĀ TIME: Learning new words to describe different types of happiness, well-being, and joy can increase our ability to connect with and feel those emotions....

Why Philosophy Matters?

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Whole social systems depend on the assumption that what we call ā€˜mental illnessā€™ or ā€˜mental disorderā€™ (a piggy-back term) originates in the body. In particular, this notion is fundamental to the current social response to certain forms of behaviour, and to processes for allocating resources for assistance or welfare.

Psychiatry After Postmodernism

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ā€œIf language is inherently unstable, then how can we hope to diagnose illness accurately?ā€ asks psychiatrist Mark Salter in an article for iai news. ā€œNaming things, abstract or concrete, is a form of categorization,ā€ but, he adds, ā€œit is important to remember that our categories say more about the categorizer than the categorized.ā€