Chapter 15: Phylosophical understanding of mental health
1. Philosophical investigation investigates ___.
- Firmly held beliefs
- Common sense
- The laws of nature
- Concepts and meanings
2. According to Thomas Szasz, mental illness is ___.
- A myth
- A luxury we cannot afford
- An excuse
- The result of poverty
3. In his 2009 book Thomas Szasz called anti-psychiatry ___.
- Quackery squared
- Wisdom redoubled
- Foolishness quadrupled
- The only game in town
4. If Simon has a mental illness then according to R.E. Kendell he must have ___.
- A lesion in the brain
- A statistical abnormality
- A risk of reduced fertility and increased mortality
- A biological dysfunction
5. Boorse thinks that illness and disease ___.
- Are myths
- Are the same
- Are both value laden
- Are distinct with illness a subset of disease
6. Fulford argues that Szasz and Kendell ___.
- Agree that all illness is value-laden
- Disagree about the status of physical illness
- Agree about the status of mental illness
- Agree about the value-free status of physical illness
7. According to Fulford, mental and physical illness ___.
- Are both value-free
- Are both obviously value-laden
- Are both value-laden but mental illness is more obviously so
- Are both value-free but physical illness is more obviously so
8. On Fulford’s analysis, Simon ___.
- Has a mental illness because he suffers a cognitive dysfunction
- Does not have a mental illness as no values are in play
- Does not have a mental illness because he suffers no negative values
- Does not have a mental illness because spiritual experience is inconsistent with illness status