Philosophy of mind and psychiatry — structured clinical viva

Scope. Philosophy of mind: nature of mental states, consciousness, free will, mind-body relation. Philosophy of psychiatry: how those answers shape disorder concepts, explanation, values, and care.^[3]

Map. Dualism (distinct substances/properties), physicalism (mental depends on physical), functionalism (role not stuff). Clinical: reject forced 'chemical or weak' dualist folk choice.^[3]

Kendler. Explicit philosophical structure; multilevel explanations; pluralism with patchy reduction; dappled causes — not single-cause or pure hardware/software myths.^[3]

BPS. Engel: multilevel scientific clinical method. Ghaemi: often empty eclecticism. Rescue with prioritised hypotheses.^[1][2]

Phenomenology. Form of experience before criteria-only practice (Andreasen). Self-disorder/ipseity framework deepens psychosis description when relevant (Sass/Parnas).^[4][5]

Free will and capacity. Neuroscience of free will often overclaimed; do not abolish responsibility with a scan slogan (Pierre). Capacity: understand, appreciate, reason, choose — decision-specific (Appelbaum).^[6][7]

Pearls. Form then mechanism then metaphysics; pluralism not relativism; never invent legal section numbers.^[3][5]