The self in neuroscience and psychiatry (Cambridge University Press, 2003)
Includes bibliographical references and index
In recent years neuroscience has contributed important insights to the concept and construction of the self from conditions, such as schizophrenia, in which the self becomes disordered. This book focuses on neuropsychiatric models of self-consciousness, set against introductory essays describing the philosophical, historical and psychological approaches
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction: the self and neuroscience; REFERENCES; 1 The self and psychiatry: a conceptual history; 2 The self in philosophy, neuroscience and psychiatry: an epistemic approach; 3 Phenomenology of self; 4 Language and self-consciousness: modes of self-presentation in language structure; 5 The multiplicity of consciousness and the emergence of the self; 6 Asynchrony, implicational meaning and the experience of self in schizophrenia; 7 Self-awareness, social intelligence and schizophrenia