Entre lo biológico y lo social: el debate sobre las clases humanas de Ian Hacking y las enfermedades mentales
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https://doi.org/10.38128/cienciayfilosofa.v14i16.123Keywords:
natural kinds, mental disorders, human kinds, kinds of peopleAbstract
This article revisits Ian Hacking’s distinction between human kinds and natural kinds, reviews the objections to his proposal, and argues for recovering the strengths of this debate to support the understanding of mental disorder as a “human kind.” This perspective moves beyond the opposition between constructivism and realism as explanations for mental illness, and instead emphasizes the importance of preserving the subjective factor that shapes the etiological dimension of mental disorder.
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