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Problems of Living: Perspectives from Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Cognitive-Affective Science addresses philosophical questions related to problems of living, including questions about the nature of the brain-mind, reason and emotion, happiness and suffering, goodness and truth, and the meaning of life. It draws on critical, pragmatic, and embodied realism as well as moral naturalism, and brings arguments from metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics together with data from cognitive-affective science. This multidisciplinary integrated approach provides a novel framework for considering not only the nature of mental disorders, but also broader issues in mental health, such as finding pleasure and purpose in life.

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First, I really don't see how one can 'integrate' and find a 'golden mean' between the products of continental and analytical philosophy. They are largely mutually incomprehensible and incompatible, although their deficiencies and strengths can be viewed as complementary. Instead of seeking what may be a meaningless 'mean' and ineffectual 'intermediacy', why not engage in an energetic, exuberant, and confrontational 'multi-lectic' of competing theses and use Hegelian sublation to generate a truly meaningful and resilient synthesis that embodies the useful and complementary elements of the competing theses? This notwithstanding, I read -and greatly benefitted from - Problems of living... from cover to cover in one sitting and expect others to do as well. --Metapsychology Online Reviews I know of no other source that so clearly and comprehensively integrates philosophy, cognitive science, and neuroscience, and certainly none that use them to address problems in psychiatry. I hope this achievement will be widely appreciated, but I fear the book's price will limit its influence. However, the price is worth it; I have already bought to copies for friends. If the Academic Press were to make electronic versions available via university libraries, that would be to the great benefit of psychiatry, philosophy, and knowledge in general. --British Journal on Psychiatry

There is beauty in the book, there is hard science, there is engaging and humorous speculation also to provoke the reader to question their own position and assumptions, and for the non-specialist there is awe and a sense of wonder about our precious and transient lives, as well as a synopsis of a more authentic and progressive scientific account of the mind and brain wetware. For scientists the books provides an incisive summary of what we know and acts as the foundation for an integrated approach to further research. All trainees and students of subjects related to the mind and brain should read this book, as should those specialists working on a daily basis in health and social systems and public mental health. The book busts many myths simply by sharing what we actually know about the brain and mind, which is a great deal, but it also is clear on the limitations of our thinking and sciences and future directions. --British Journal on Psychiatry

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Dan J. Stein is Professor and Chair of the Dept of Psychiatry at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, and Director of the South African Medical Research Council’s Unit on Risk & Resilience in Mental Disorders. Dan’s training includes doctoral degrees in clinical neuroscience and in philosophy, and a post-doctoral fellowship in psychopharmacology. He is a clinician-scientist whose work has long focused on anxiety and related disorders. He has also mentored a range of other research, with publications spanning basic neuroscience, through clinical research, and on to public mental health. His research has had considerable influence (as evidenced by his h-index, perhaps the highest of any African scholar), as has his mentorship (as evidenced by the career success of his postgraduate students and fellows). Awards for his work include the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology’s Max Hamilton Award for his contributions to psychopharmacology, and its Ethics in Psychopharmacology Award.

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