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Psychedelics, Psilocybin, Neuroscience, Translational Research, Psychiatric Disorders, Philosophy of Neuroscience, Philosophy of Psychiatry,
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This is a paper that I wrote for a directed studies class in philosophy of religion. I wrote it i... more This is a paper that I wrote for a directed studies class in philosophy of religion. I wrote it in my third year, and have yet to thoroughly edit it. I apologize for grammar and spelling mistakes ! I have found multiple errors within this paper, such as the founder of Sikhism's birthday (it is November 23rd and not April 15th). This error was due to a differentiation between Eastern and Western calendars. I understand that there are different errors within the paper. I will get to it one day...
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Aggression and Violent Behavior
Aggression and Violent Behavior , 2020
Scientists represent their world, grouping and organizing phenomena into classes by means of conc... more Scientists represent their world, grouping and organizing phenomena into classes by means of concepts. Philosophers of science have historically been interested in the nature of these concepts, the criteria that inform their application and the nature of the kinds that the concepts individuate. They also have sought to understand whether and how different systems of classification are related and more recently, how investigative practices shape conceptual development and change. Our aim in this paper is to provide a critical overview of some of the key developments in this philosophical literature and identify some interesting issues it raises about the prospects of the so-called “special sciences”, including psychiatry, psychology, and the mind-brain sciences more generally, to discover natural kinds.
Although the concept of melancholy is insignificant in modern-day medicine and psychology, it is ... more Although the concept of melancholy is insignificant in modern-day medicine and psychology, it is important that its occurrences in Nicomachean Ethics (N.E.) are not overlooked. Book seven of N.E., Continence and Incontinence: Pleasure, is directly tied with Aristotle’s inquiry of practical reasoning, self-control, and attaining eudemonia. In stating that, I argue that Aristotle’s treatment of the melancholic allows us to identify melancholy from other forms of mental illness, specifically as a unique case of depression and how it is characterized in many ways. In this paper I will explain the context in which melancholics are discussed by analysing the three occasions in which they are mentioned within N.E.; each is followed by an analysis of how its reference is relative to our present-day understanding of depression. I will conclude by explaining how Aristotle’s model renders that melancholy should be a distinguished as a mental illness in its own right, and lastly, explaining his therapeutic analysis on how it can be treated. Seeing as depression is an increasingly common experience, the goal of this paper is to help raise awareness of the stigma towards mental health and the harmful affects it has on its sufferers.
This paper addresses two objections against the moral right to health as proposed by Gopal Sreeni... more This paper addresses two objections against the moral right to health as proposed by Gopal Sreenivasan. Sreenivasan's first argument is that since no human being and not all countries bear the moral duties correlative to the right to health, the right does not exist. In response to this, I argue that the basis of every human right is justice and not dependent on distance, thus everyone and every nation bears this duty. His second argument holds that the social determinants of health (e.g. education) fall outside the scope of health care and thus, no human being holds a justified moral human right to health against their state. In response to this, I illustrate that Sreenivasan's exposition of this argument is unclear and uncompelling. In conclusion, my analysis and responses to Sreenivasan's arguments withstand his skepticism and thus, he does not provide a convincing argument against a moral human right to health.
This is a paper that I wrote for a directed studies class in philosophy of religion. I wrote it i... more This is a paper that I wrote for a directed studies class in philosophy of religion. I wrote it in my third year, and have yet to thoroughly edit it. I apologize for grammar and spelling mistakes ! I have found multiple errors within this paper, such as the founder of Sikhism's birthday (it is November 23rd and not April 15th). This error was due to a differentiation between Eastern and Western calendars. I understand that there are different errors within the paper. I will get to it one day...
Aggression and Violent Behavior
Aggression and Violent Behavior , 2020
Scientists represent their world, grouping and organizing phenomena into classes by means of conc... more Scientists represent their world, grouping and organizing phenomena into classes by means of concepts. Philosophers of science have historically been interested in the nature of these concepts, the criteria that inform their application and the nature of the kinds that the concepts individuate. They also have sought to understand whether and how different systems of classification are related and more recently, how investigative practices shape conceptual development and change. Our aim in this paper is to provide a critical overview of some of the key developments in this philosophical literature and identify some interesting issues it raises about the prospects of the so-called “special sciences”, including psychiatry, psychology, and the mind-brain sciences more generally, to discover natural kinds.
Although the concept of melancholy is insignificant in modern-day medicine and psychology, it is ... more Although the concept of melancholy is insignificant in modern-day medicine and psychology, it is important that its occurrences in Nicomachean Ethics (N.E.) are not overlooked. Book seven of N.E., Continence and Incontinence: Pleasure, is directly tied with Aristotle’s inquiry of practical reasoning, self-control, and attaining eudemonia. In stating that, I argue that Aristotle’s treatment of the melancholic allows us to identify melancholy from other forms of mental illness, specifically as a unique case of depression and how it is characterized in many ways. In this paper I will explain the context in which melancholics are discussed by analysing the three occasions in which they are mentioned within N.E.; each is followed by an analysis of how its reference is relative to our present-day understanding of depression. I will conclude by explaining how Aristotle’s model renders that melancholy should be a distinguished as a mental illness in its own right, and lastly, explaining his therapeutic analysis on how it can be treated. Seeing as depression is an increasingly common experience, the goal of this paper is to help raise awareness of the stigma towards mental health and the harmful affects it has on its sufferers.
This paper addresses two objections against the moral right to health as proposed by Gopal Sreeni... more This paper addresses two objections against the moral right to health as proposed by Gopal Sreenivasan. Sreenivasan's first argument is that since no human being and not all countries bear the moral duties correlative to the right to health, the right does not exist. In response to this, I argue that the basis of every human right is justice and not dependent on distance, thus everyone and every nation bears this duty. His second argument holds that the social determinants of health (e.g. education) fall outside the scope of health care and thus, no human being holds a justified moral human right to health against their state. In response to this, I illustrate that Sreenivasan's exposition of this argument is unclear and uncompelling. In conclusion, my analysis and responses to Sreenivasan's arguments withstand his skepticism and thus, he does not provide a convincing argument against a moral human right to health.