1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910815567203321

Autore

Zachar Peter

Titolo

A metaphysics of psychopathology / / Peter Zachar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London : , : MIT Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-262-32228-5

0-262-32227-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Collana

Philosophical Psychopathology

Disciplina

616.89

Soggetti

Psychology, Pathological

Metaphysics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: psychiatry, science wars, and the problem of realism -- A scientifically-inspired pragmatism -- Instrumental nominalism -- Psychological and scientific essentialism -- Misplaced literalism -- Literalism and the distrust of authority -- The objective within, not beyond, experience -- Classification and the concept of psychiatric disorder -- Four conceptual abstractions: natural kind, historical concept, normative concept and practical kind -- Can grief really be a disorder? -- Is narcissistic personality disorder real? -- Psychiatry, progress, and thinking philosophically about philosophical concepts.

Sommario/riassunto

In this study Peter Zachar considers such terms as 'real' and 'reality' - invoked in psychiatry but often obscure and remote from their instances - as abstract philosophical concepts. He then examines the implications of his approach for psychiatric classification and psychopathology. Proposing what he calls a scientifically inspired pragmatism, Zachar considers such topics as the essentialist bias, diagnostic literalism, and the concepts of natural kind and social construct.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910299419103321

Autore

Kumar Maity Swapan

Titolo

Sedimentation in the Rupnarayan River : Volume 2: Estuarine Environment of Deposition / / by Swapan Kumar Maity, Ramkrishna Maiti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-71315-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVIII, 82 p. 24 illus., 16 illus. in color.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences, , 2191-5369

Disciplina

551.303

Soggetti

Sedimentology

Natural disasters

Hydrogeology

Natural Hazards

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Available and Critical Shear Stress for Sediment Entrainment -- Environment of Sediment Deposition -- Identification of the Sediment Sources Using X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) Technique -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book elucidates sedimentation processes at work in the Rupnarayan River, with particular focus on the environment of sediment deposition under a tidal system. It addresses the various complexities arising from the interactions between riverine and marine processes, as well as the seasonal fluctuations in available and critical shear stress that lead to sedimentation.     Logical explanations of the research findings will help readers understand the mechanisms of sedimentation and both the sources and distributional patterns of sediments in estuarine environments. The book offers a valuable guide and faithful companion for all students and researchers working on fluvial geomorphology and sedimentology, as well as engineers, hydrologists, planners and other authorities interested in sedimentation and associated problems.