14th International Conference for Philosophy and Psychiatry
Aims
Psychiatry seems to be in a permanent state of tension. First, there is the methodological tension. The natural-scientific view that underlies most of medical science competes with a number of broadly phenomenological perspectives. Another important source of tension is the dialectic between empirical facts and values (moral and others) accepted by the psychiatrist and/or the society.
The aims of this conference are:
- to scrutinize some fundamental tenets of natural-scientific and phenomenological psychiatry
- to investigate if, how and to what extent these seemingly opposed viewpoints can coexist peacefully
- to discuss in which ways ethical and other values can be integrated with the different methodological perspectives
More concretely, the meeting focuses on:
- evidence-based practice in psychiatry
- the nature of phenomenology and phenomenological psychiatry
- the interaction between facts and values in diagnostic considerations
However, all contributions aimed at shedding light on the basic causes of tensions and conflicts in today’s psychiatry are welcome.
The conference is organized by the Swedish Association for Philosophy and Psychiatry in cooperation with the University of Gothenburg, the Swedish Psychiatric Association and the International Network for Philosophy and Psychiatry.
