Addiction argues that addiction should be understood not as a disease but as a phenomenon that must be understood on many levels at once. Employing a complex dynamic systems approach and philosophical methodology, Shelby explains addiction as an irreducible neurobiological, psychological, developmental, environmental, and sociological phenomenon.
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Introduction
1. Some Philosophical Questions (And a New Theory)
2. Addiction and the Individual
3. The Ecology of Addiction
4. The Culture of Addiction
5. Meaning and Addiction
6. Phenomenology
7. Possibilities for Change
8. Conclusion
Over de auteur
Candice Shelby is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Denver, USA. She has published in the history of philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and addiction, and has spoken at international venues on a variety of topics related to addiction. She is a popular lecturer in the national addictions recovery community.
Taal Engels ● Formaat PDF ● Pagina’s 207 ● ISBN 9781137552853 ● Bestandsgrootte 4.3 MB ● Uitgeverij Palgrave Macmillan UK ● Stad London ● Land GB ● Gepubliceerd 2016 ● Downloadbare 24 maanden ● Valuta EUR ● ID 4885793 ● Kopieerbeveiliging Sociale DRM
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