Does autism merit belief? : developing an account of scientific realism for psychiatry

The PhD outlines criteria under which a psychiatric classification merits belief and, as a case study, establishes that autism merits belief. Three chapters respond to anti-realist arguments, three chapters establish conditions under which psychiatric classifications merit belief. Chapter one addres...

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Main Author: Fellowes, Sam
Published: Lancaster University 2017
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.713176