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Contents 1 Introduction: the existence of mental illness 1 Part 1: Answering radical questions 11 2 The likeness argument 13 3 The categorical argument 37 Part 2: Metaphor 59 4 Metaphor 61 5 Two metaphors from physical medicine 79 Part 3: The metaphor of mental illness 95 6 The metaphor of mental illness 97 7 Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, social construction, and metaphor 123 8 Metaphors and models 147 9 Conclusions 173 References 179 Index 000
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Mental illness -- Philosophy.
Metaphor.
Mental Disorders.
Philosophy, Medical.