#09 On the nature of psychiatric symptoms

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In Front of the Mirror - The English Podcast

Cristiano Bacchi, Giacomo Piselli Fioroni

11 episodes

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Is a philosophy of mental health possible? And what would it look like? Let’s join together and reflect, in front of the mirror. About us: Hello, we’re Giacomo and Cristiano! We are Master’s students in philosophy and cognitive sciences, at the ‘Berlin School of Mind and Brain’, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. Giacomo strives for pursuing a path as a philosopher of mind and mental health. Cristiano dreams of becoming a psychotherapist, one day. Together, we’re committed to cultivating this dialogue, between philosophy and mental health, which has become our mission, and our passion.

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#09 On the nature of psychiatric symptoms

In Front of the Mirror - The English Podcast

42 minutes 6 seconds

1 week ago

#09 On the nature of psychiatric symptoms

What are hallucinations, depressive episodes, or panic attacks?

We know what they are, of course - psychiatric symptoms. The problem is that we don’t know what they are - ontologically.

Which is to say: are they the manifestations of a compromised neurobiological mechanism? Or perhaps phenomena carrying a meaning to be deciphered? Adaptive strategies, defense mechanisms?

The ninth episode is a philosophical inquiry into the nature of psychiatric symptoms and the power of the conceptual lenses we wear to understand them.

References

Eagle, M. N. (2011). From classical to contemporary psychoanalysis: A critique and integration. Routledge.

Ritunnano, R., Humpston, C., & Broome, M. R. (2022). Finding order within the disorder: A case study exploring the meaningfulness of delusions. BJPsych Bulletin, 46(2), 109–115. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjb.2020.151

Russell, J. (2024). How delusions can uncover sources of harm and pathology: The epistemic value of interoceptive & unconscious information. Philosophy and the Mind Sciences, 5. https://doi.org/10.33735/phimisci.2024.11490

Every other Monday, at 12pm.

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This project exists in Italian as well: In Front of the Mirror - Il podcast in Italiano