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LISBON MIND COGNITION & KNOWLEDGE GROUP

Research & Projects
​Philosophy of Psychiatry & Mental Illness

A core focus of several members of group is mental illness and the philosophy of psychiatry. A number of themes we are interested in include: how is mental illness defined? Changes in self-experience associated with schizophrenia and other conditions, the "illness" model of mental illness, which notions of rationality are most helpful in understanding mental illness.

Some specific interests the group is developing

  • Schizophrenia (forthcoming workshop), especially the ipseity theory of schizophrenia.
  • The nature of presence


There is a project in elaboration:

Philosophy of Mental Illness and Altered States of Consciousness

Main Researcher: Jorge Gonçalves

Research Team: Alexander Gerner, Robert Clowes, Vera Pereira, Inês Hipólito, João Gama Marques (……….)

Interdisciplinary project in Philosophy, Psychology and Psychiatry with the aims to be a seed project to be held by IFILNOVA and subsequently to be a formal application to the FCT.

The project aims to research themes under the problematic of Mental Illness and Altered states of consciousness. 

Methodology:  First and second person approaches.

Aims:
Publication of articles in journals included in the Scopus, WebScience, PubMed databases;
Organization of Workshops and Conferences with relevant researchers in the area;

To set up a website and an online journal;

To adapt and create research tools.

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  • People
    • Gloria Andrada
    • Robert Clowes
    • Guido Tana
    • Ricardo N. Henriques
    • Klaus Gaertner
    • Steven Gouveia
    • Inês Hipólito
    • Florian Franken Figuereido
    • Jorge Gonçalves
    • Dina Mendonça
    • João Sardo Mourão
    • Paul Smart
    • Nuno Venturinha
    • Robert Vinten
    • Camila Lobo
    • Alberto Oya
  • Research & Projects
    • GENAI Project Page
    • Self and Consciousness
    • Cognitive Science and Technology
    • Philosophy of Psychiatry & Mental Illness
    • Workshop on Delusion
  • Events
    • The Mind Technology Problem Symposium >
      • TMTP Programme
    • Workshop: Wittgenstein, Religion, and Cognitive Science. December 15th.
    • REC and its Critics >
      • REC and its Critics
    • Wittgenstein, Nature, and Religion - 2nd ERB Project Workshop
    • Workshop Cognitive, Epistemic and Ethical Dimensions of the Internet 2015
    • Philosophy and Schizophrenia 2017
    • Wittgenstein, Nature, and Religion - 2nd ERB Project Workshop
    • Seminar Louis Sass 2016
    • Workshop with Philip Gerrans 2016
    • Scaling Up the Bayesian Brain
    • The Mechanistic Approach in Biology and Cognition
    • Mind Selves and Technology 2016 >
      • Programme for Minds, Selves and Technology 2016
    • Workshop Perspectivas sobre a Esquizofrenia 2016
    • Arguing With Dan Hutto the Workshop 2015 >
      • Abstracts for Arguing with Dan Hutto 2015
    • European Workshop on the Cognitive Implications of the Internet 2015
    • Thinking About Enculturation
  • Mind & Reasoning RIP Seminar
  • Publications
    • Schizophrenia and Common Sense - Book
    • Mind-Technology Problem CFP
  • Blog
  • Contacts
  • CFP For REC Conference