{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Ep 33: Philosophy and Mental Health; Foucault's Nightmare?","description":"Welcome one and all to Professor Metal's Irate Debate and Calamitous Commentary with The Philosophical Chain Gang\r\nToday's episode is Madness and Philosophy: Foucault's Nightmare?\r\nWarning: We are discussing the concept of Mental Health in this episode, which we understand is a topic about which many people hold strong opinions. These are our own opinions and experiences, and should not be perceived as professional opinions or advice\r\nThe Philosophers discuss what we mean when we talk about madness\r\nSean explains Pathologies and what that term means\r\nThe Philosophers talk about mental illness as something that negatively impacts your life\r\nSean explains how this could be viewed through Value Theory\r\nRyver and Sean clarify this point by discussing some of the push-back against these ideas of mental health\r\nBruce talks about the ability the internet grants to form communities and allow people to come together over things that differ from the perceived societal norm\r\nRyver and Sean explain the benefits of this in terms of things people cannot or do not feel comfortable talking about in their local community\r\nSean discusses the evolution of the idea of community as a result of the expansion of the internet\r\nBruce proposes that perhaps the medical model of mental health will need to change with the evolution of expanding cultures\r\nSean counters that this may not be a problem with the medical model of mental illness as much as the public health model, that perhaps there needs to be an individual idea\r\nThe Philosophers talk about the dangers of self-selected communities creating a form of intellectual homogeneity that reinforces behaviours that do not integrate with the society as a whole\r\nSean clarifies that these same groups can provide the support people with a particular world-view need to better integrate into said society\r\nRyver discusses some of the benefits of these groups from his own experiences\r\nSean and Bruce go over the benefits of introspection and the tools Philosophy can give us to analyse our own world\r\nRyver discusses the evolution of societal ideas of normalcy, including changes to the tool many use to diagnose mental illness: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)\r\nSean and Ryver talk about the history of treating mental illness\r\nSean discusses the history of how people with what we now refer to as mental illness were treated, as well as what Foucault had to say about this history\r\nRyver briefly talks about the history of asylums\r\nBruce compares and contrasts the historical and modern problems with how mental illness is considered as a whole\r\nSean discusses Foucault and the transitions of epochs of knowledge and how this impacts our ideas of illness in general and mental illness specifically\r\nBruce proposes Aristotelian virtue ethics as a precursor to modern psychology\r\nRyver posits that some of the behaviours we consider to be pathologies are actually useful character traits in certain professions and fields\r\nSean expands on this point by discussing the importance of efficiency in our society\r\nThe Philosophers discuss different ways this can apply to people with mental illness\r\nSean and Ryver talk about how perception of these traits are tied quite closely to socio-economic status\r\nRyver explains how this view seems to have evolved in the modern Zeitgeist\r\nSean and Bruce raise questions about this view\r\nRyver responds by clarifying the points he has raised\r\nThe Philosophers discuss how the views on and the stigma towards mental illness disproportionately impact the poor\r\nSean and Bruce flesh out this idea as it pertains to modern American culture\r\nThe Philosophers talk about discussions on mental health and mental illness, and encourage you to have these discussions\r\n \r\nAnd as always please give us your honest review on iTunes and Stitcher. It helps us make the show better with every one we get to read.\r\nHelp keep the show going and the moon safe by supporting us on Patreon\r\nhttps:\/\/patreon.com\/Philosophy\r\nHelp keep us from disappearing by engaging us on the social media platform of your choice:\r\nhttp:\/\/www.philosophicalchaingang.com\r\nhttp:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/professormetal\r\nhttp:\/\/www.twitter.com\/PChainGang\r\nhttps:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PChainGang\r\nhttps:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/PChainGang\/\r\nhttp:\/\/pchaingang.tumblr.com\/","author_name":"Professor Metal's Irate Debate and Calamitous Commentary","author_url":"http:\/\/www.PhilosophicalChainGang.com","html":"