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34 - Introduction

from Section 12

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2020

By
Kenneth S. Kendler
Edited by
Kenneth S. Kendler ,
Josef Parnas  and
Peter Zachar
Kenneth S. Kendler
Affiliation:
Virginia Commonwealth University
Josef Parnas
Affiliation:
University of Copenhagen
Peter Zachar
Affiliation:
Auburn University, Montgomery
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Summary

Woodward, who has for several decades been a leader in the philosophical analysis of causal processes, takes us on a detailed and somewhat demanding tour – a philosophical analysis of “levels talk.” While several other essays in this volume explore the implications of multilevel approaches to issues psychiatric, in this essay Woodward leads us into the philosophical/conceptual nitty-gritty of multilevel processes, with a focus on the problem of top-down causation.

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Levels of Analysis in Psychopathology
Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
 , pp. 421 - 423
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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References

Woodward, J. (2003) Making Things Happen. New York: Oxford University Press.Google Scholar
Kendler, KS, Campbell, J. (2009) ‘Interventionist causal models in psychiatry: Repositioning the mind–body problem.’ Psychological Medicine; 39:881–887.Google Scholar
Kendler, KS. (2012) ‘Decision making in the pathway from genes to psychiatric and substance use disorders.’ Molecular Psychiatry; 18:640–645.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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