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Department of History and Philosophy of Science

 

This reading group discusses current topics in philosophy of psychology and psychiatry. 

Meetings: Thursdays, 2–3pm in the Board Room
Organisers: Johanna Silva-Stüger, Robert Taylor and Scott Partington

Lent Term 2026

29 January

Turner, J. (2025). 'What's Low Mood All About? An Indicative-Imperative Account of Low Mood's Content'. Philosophy of Science.

5 February

Pickard, H. (2024). 'Craving for drugs'. Mind & Language.

12 February

Patel, S. (2023). 'Between scientific and empathetic understanding: The case of auditory verbal hallucination'. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

19 February

Kurth, C. (2025). 'Shames and Selves: On the Origins and Cognitive Foundations of a Moral Emotion'. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

26 February

Gough, J. (2023). 'On the Proper Epistemology of the Mental for Psychiatry: What's the Point of Understanding and Explaining?'. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

5 March

Schwarz, S. (2024). 'Problems and Prescriptions in Psychiatric Explanation'. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

12 March

Constant, A. (2024). 'Personomics: Precision psychiatry done right'. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.

19 March

Marchionni, C. (2023). 'Challenging the Mechanistic View of Integration in Psychiatry'. The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science.