Wittgenstein’s Philosophy and a Dimensional Approach to the Classification of Mental Disorders – A Preliminary Scheme
- 1 March 2006
- journal article
- other
- Published by S. Karger AG in Psychopathology
- Vol. 39 (3) , 126-129
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000091797
Abstract
In this paper the importance of Wittgenstein's philosophical ideas for the justification of a dimensional approach to the classification of mental disorders is discussed. Some of his basic concepts in his Philosophical Investigations, such as 'family resemblances', 'grammar' and 'language-game' and their relations to the concept of mental disorder are explored.Keywords
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