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Introduction

Personality Disorder and the Philosophy of Psychopathology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 June 2025

By
Peter Zachar  and
Konrad Banicki
Edited by
Konrad Banicki  and
Peter Zachar
Konrad Banicki
Affiliation:
Jagiellonian University, Krakow
Peter Zachar
Affiliation:
Auburn University, Montgomery
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This is a general introduction to the book Conceptualizing Personality Disorder: Perspectives from Philosophy, Psychological Science, and Psychiatry. It describes two overarching goals of the book: to encourage more philosophers to tackle the complicated issue of personality disorder and to demonstrate to psychologists and psychiatrists the relevance of some philosophical theories and perspectives for conceptualizing personality disorder. It briefly summarizes each chapter of the book as divided into sections. The sections are (1) Historical Perspectives, (2) Contemporary Approaches to Traditional Conceptual Perspectives, (3) Novel Conceptual Approaches to Personality Disorder, (4) Exploring Negative Consequences of Diagnosing Personality Disorder, and (5) Perspectives on Borderline and Narcissistic Personality.

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dimensional modelsborderline personalitynarcissistic personalityeveryday (folk) psychology

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Conceptualizing Personality Disorder
Perspectives from Philosophy, Psychological Science, and Psychiatry
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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