How The Body Thinks for Itself…

Episode 41 of The Living Process, with guest Sigríður (Sigga) Þorgeirsdóttir THE BODY THINKS FOR ITSELF. In this episode, I enjoyed talking with Sigga, who is a professor of philosophy at the University of Iceland and one of the founders of the Embodied Critical Thinking and Freedom to Make Sense projects. In our conversation, Sigga and I touch on what it’s like to teach embodied reflection to philosophy students, the importance of critical thinking, and the…

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Questioning Diagnosis

It is not new for psychiatric diagnosis to be challenged. For years, both psychologists and psychiatrists have questioned the basis and usefulness of diagnoses such as schizophrenia, bi-polar, depression etc. Now a new university study seems to suggest that the DSM (the most common diagnosis manual) is 'scientifically useless'. Interesting reading and at least it can loosen some of our assumptions about what constitutes psychological 'health'. Click here to read the article: https://www.madinamerica.com/2019/07/dsm-scientifically-meaningless-diagnoses/?fbclid=IwAR3wEZYgkKNTzL2nxGpJGivsHmJem9eqifOoFc__wrf2pAeUIYS2yFbOoUo    

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