tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post115787249217727954..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: The Mental Illness MythBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1158683167479890112006-09-19T16:26:00.000+00:002006-09-19T16:26:00.000+00:00Yes, extremely interesting piece. Anyone who think...Yes, extremely interesting piece. Anyone who thinks there's no such thing as mental illness must be mad. <BR/><BR/>Yours<BR/><BR/>Prof Quincy Adams WagstaffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1158045634626513742006-09-12T07:20:00.000+00:002006-09-12T07:20:00.000+00:00Thanks, Rev Sam. Nice blog you have. I'll get roun...Thanks, Rev Sam. Nice blog you have. I'll get round to Drury at some point. It's an interesting issue - most 'ordinary' people would surely have regarded Wittgenstein as insane.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1157916055017915052006-09-10T19:20:00.000+00:002006-09-10T19:20:00.000+00:00Great article. I can't now put my finger on it, bu...Great article. I can't now put my finger on it, but there's a record of a conversation between Wittgenstein and Drury, where Wittgenstein confesses to great fear at being diagnosed as 'insane' and not being able to convince Drury of his health. Drury, of course, then wrote 'The Danger of Words' on this theme, which is well worth reading.Sam Charles Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088870675715850624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-1157880996974455312006-09-10T09:36:00.000+00:002006-09-10T09:36:00.000+00:00This type of problem occurs when people fail to ma...This type of problem occurs when people fail to make a clear distinction between descriptive, and evaluative (i.e., value judgement) statements.<BR/><BR/>There's an entry on mental illness at the on-line Stanford Encyclopedia of philosophy, and the first section covers the arguments of Szasz:<BR/><BR/>http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mental-illness/<BR/><BR/>The comparison between UK and US Gordon McCabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09151162643523937086noreply@blogger.com