dc.contributor.author | Sidloski, Benjamin | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-15T17:17:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-04-15T17:17:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-04-12 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10222/83893 | |
dc.description.abstract | In this work, I defend Louis Sass’s use of Wittgensteinian treatments of solipsism as the basis for an interpretive framework for schizophrenia. I first offer further evidence in support of Sass’s project from the writings of Wittgenstein and from the autobiographical writings of the schizophrenic jurist Daniel Paul Schreber. I also argue for additional connections between Wittgensteinian solipsism and experiences characteristic of schizophrenia. In part two, I undertake a refutation of Rupert Read’s critique of Sass’s project. I argue that Read’s appropriation of Peter Winch’s philosophical writings in this critique is misguided, and that Winch’s notion of extending one’s own perspective towards a target culture aligns well with Sass’s project. I then analyze Read’s critique’s use of the ‘austere’ interpretation of Wittgenstein’s Tractatus. I argue that the ‘austere’ interpretation itself is untenable, due to its dependence upon implicit equivocation. I conclude that even if this were not the case, however, the ‘austere’ account of Tractarian methodology should be understood as aligning with, rather than opposing, Sass’s project – even as this project is portrayed my Read. In light of these considerations, I conclude that Read’s critique of Sass fails. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | phenomenological psychiatry | en_US |
dc.subject | solipsism | en_US |
dc.subject | schizophrenia | en_US |
dc.subject | Louis Sass | en_US |
dc.subject | Wittgenstein | en_US |
dc.title | In Defense of Sass: On Approaching Schizophrenia Through the Lens of Wittgensteinian Solipsism | en_US |
dc.date.defence | 2024-03-15 | |
dc.contributor.department | Department of Philosophy | en_US |
dc.contributor.degree | Master of Arts | en_US |
dc.contributor.external-examiner | n/a | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Lynette Reid | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-reader | Dr. Steven Burns | en_US |
dc.contributor.thesis-supervisor | Dr. Michael Hymers | en_US |
dc.contributor.ethics-approval | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.manuscripts | Not Applicable | en_US |
dc.contributor.copyright-release | Not Applicable | en_US |