The complexity of brain disorders and the worldliness of mental disorders Are mental disorders brain disorders?, by Anneli Jefferson, Oxford, Routledge, 2022, 108 pp., £48.99, ISBN: 9780367421380 [Book Review]

Philosophical Psychology 37 (3):736-740 (2024)
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In this recently published book, Jefferson provides a lucid and detailed examination of, and answer to, its provocative title. In doing so, the focus of Jefferson’s analysis is largely on what a br...

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