Rationality, interpretation and inconsistency

One of my underlying philosophical commitments is to the idea that there’s something right about what Rorty described in Davidson’s work as ...

Narrative and wellbeing

Arthur W Frank (pictured), a sociologist visiting from Calgary, gave a talk at Uclan today on narrative. Since I’m keen to try to pin down ...

Philosophy and ethics on the MRCPsych syllabus

I’m going over to the University of Sheffield tomorrow to give a lecture on their MRCPsych course inspiringly called ‘Basic ethics and philo...

Moral phenomenology and subjectivity

Ben Smith asked me for an abstract for an edited book on moral phenomenology. Combining two interests, I have come up with the following som...

87 words against the myth of the given

In a commentary on clinical judgement for Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , I've made a quick aside on the myth of the given which th...

Housekeeping

I’ve mixed feelings about the prospects for research this year. Some things I’d written before have now come out. That includes the PPP spe...

Oxford symposium in philosophy of psychiatry

Last Thursday I was invited to a paper at a one day conference on philosophy of psychiatry held at St Cross College, Oxford. The other speak...