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Readership: Psychiatrists and psychologists; philosophers of mind.
Lennart Nordenfelt, Professor of Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care at the Department of Health and Society, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
"Nodenfelt's book is a worthwhile contribution to important issues in the philosophy of psychiatry." - Thomas Schramme, University of Swansea
Part I - Prolegomena to action theory and the theory of health 1: Elements of the philosophy of action 2: On the possibilities for action: ability, opportunity, and competence 3: Towards a theory of health and illness 4: On the understanding and explanation of actions Part II - Irrationality, compulsion and mental disorder 5: Reasons for action and rationality 6: On defective rationalization of action 7: Towards a theory of mental disorder: the place of compulsion 8: Towards a new analysis of compulsion 9: Compulsion and specific mental disorders 10: Epilogue Part III- Summary of basic concepts
