Explanation, reduction, and models of psychopathology

A one-day workshop in philosophy of psychiatry

Tuesday 17 June 2008
43 Woodland Road, University of Bristol
10am – 5pm

Programme

10-10.30: coffee

10.30-11.30: Dominic Murphy (CalTech/University of Sydney): ‘Psychiatry as cognitive neuroscience’

11.30-12.00: coffee

12.00-1.00: Rachel Cooper (Lancaster): ‘Making sense of levels of explanation in psychiatry’

1.00-2.30: lunch

2.30-3.30: Tim Thornton (UCLan): ‘The interface problem in philosophy and psychiatry’

3.30-4.00: coffee

4.00-5.00: Havi Carel (UWE): ‘Naturalism and phenomenology: explanation and description’

Registration

Please email zoe.drayson [at] bristol.ac.uk to book your place. A £10 registration fee is payable on the day. Lunch is included.

 

This event is supported by a conference grant from the British Society for Philosophy of Science.