Somogy Varga earned his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. He has worked at the Institute of Social Research (Goethe University), the Institute of Cognitive Science at the (University of Osnabruck, Germany) and the Centre for Subjectivity Research (University of Copenhagen, Denmark). His research has several foci, including Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of (Cognitive) Science, Moral Psychology, and Social Philosophy. He is currently a faculty member at the Institute for Intelligent Systems (FedEx Institute of Technology), a visiting research professor at the University of Copenhagen, and serves as the editor of the Southern Journal of Philosophy.
The philosophy of psychiatry can be seen as a unique area of research because the nature of the subject matter leads to rather unique methodological challenges. This book is unique in focusing on... (more)