The Philosophy of Autism
When it comes to perspectives on autism the branch of medicine may seem to have a leading role, and other perspectives such as sociological or philosophical seems to be rather scarce. This does not...
View ArticlePhilosophical Issues in Psychiatry II: Nosology
An issue of importance the last years in the autism community has been the revision of the classification manual DSM. The replacement of diagnosis such as Asperger syndrome and PDD-NOS with a single,...
View ArticleOf Science and Experience
‘Science is what define us’ may be an experience; specially in the meeting between our own subjective experience and the expectations of the society. We may look toward the science, thinking it is some...
View ArticleWhat is the importance of social skills?
Social skills are something which is said to be impaired in autism spectrum disorders. Without any reflection this impairment is often seen as a rather problematic one in which it is said to be an...
View ArticleRefrigator mothers and the sine curve of medical development
The medical development of truth may seems like a sine curve where the truth is more connected to time than to space. Physics on the other side seems to be more connected to space than to time; the...
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