I have been reading up on a few books over christmas. The one i find most interesting is Peter Chadwicks Schizophrenia: the search for dignity. The book looks for “credits” to being a sufferer of schizophrenia. His scientific research indicates that such credits include enhanced empathetic abilitys and a connection with synchronicity. He also arges that there are signs of an increased level of creativity. What does this mean? Why would a pathology lead to an enhanced ability to read other peoples emotions?
Anyway I have realised the “zone” of my research question: Schizophrenia as seen through the eyes of phenemenology, neuro-psychology, and philosophy of mind.
I think descartes theories of dualism may be very relevant here as some of the scientific books calim that schizophrenia occurs at the place where the brain meets the mind.
Is schizophrenia just in the mind?
Is anything not just in the mind?
Is the mind puerly physical?
Is the body and the whole world just in the mind?
