Human Nature in the Light of Psychopathology

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Human Nature in the Light of Psychopathology is a seminal work of holistic neurology and psychology that explores how brain injuries and mental disorders illuminate the fundamental organization and capacities of human beings.

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instanceOf book
non-fiction book
work of neurology
work of psychology
addresses limits of purely biological explanations of mental illness
role of subjectivity in understanding mental disorders
aimsTo bridge neurology, psychiatry, and philosophy
illuminate fundamental organization of human beings through psychopathology
appliesMethod clinical case interpretation
phenomenological analysis of patients
argues that psychopathology can clarify normal mental life
that understanding mental illness requires understanding the whole person
describedAs seminal work of holistic neurology and psychology
emphasizes unity of biological, psychological, and existential dimensions of the person
examines how brain lesions reveal the organization of the mind
how mental disorders illuminate fundamental human capacities
field clinical psychology
neuropsychology
philosophy of mind
psychiatry
hasAuthor Karl Jaspers
hasGenre phenomenological psychopathology
philosophy of psychiatry
psychiatry
psychology
hasLanguage German
hasPerspective anti-reductionist view of mental illness
existential-phenomenological approach
holistic view of the person
influenced existential psychotherapy
phenomenological psychopathology
philosophy of psychiatry
influencedBy clinical psychiatry
existential philosophy
phenomenology
mainSubject brain injuries
holistic neurology
holistic psychology
human nature
mental disorders
psychopathology
relationship between brain and mind
relatedWork General Psychopathology

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Kurt Goldstein notableWork Human Nature in the Light of Psychopathology