Sam Fellowes

“The struggle is real” - Karl Jaspers, 1913 #psychiatry

Thanks. I shall try and keep things short.

For academic job applications, I typically write some 5,000 word plus epic. This one only wants a covering letter. Are there any advantages to keeping things to say 1,500 words, whilst still hitting all the criteria?

New article by me, HiTOP, Objectivity and Logical Positivism. I use Carnap's notion of a framework to consider how categorical and dimensional approaches relate to objectivity within HiTOP. (This is a commentary on Aftab et al's HiTOP article) #philsci #hps #philpsy #psychiatry

Academic CVs for philosophy and medical humanities jobs, should I have a 'Under Review' section and should I have a 'In Preparation' section?

Not read it myself but this look very relevant for philosophy of psychiatry:

YouTube video by Philosophy of Psychiatric Diagnoses Over-diagnosis, right-wing narratives, anti-psychiatry and alternatives to autism

New podcast episode, Over-diagnosis, right-wing narratives, anti-psychiatry and alternatives to autism

Finally found time to do some podcasting. The working title for my next episode is "Over-diagnosis, anti-psychiatry, right-wing narratives and alternatives to autism". This could be interesting...

Philosophy of Psychiatry call for papers

Just saw that James Bogen died. Every time I talk about psychiatric diagnoses or psychiatric symptoms as being models, or I try and outline expert-by-experience research or self-diagnosis as involving idealisation and abstraction, I'm probably being influenced by Bogen and/or Woodward.

The Politics of Self-narration: Self-Diagnosis as Digital Counter-Narrative - Topoi This article explores the epistemic, political, and affective dimensions of self-narration in relation to neurodivergence and self-diagnosis, focusing on how such practices can resist forms of epistemic injustice. Building on Fricker’s framework of testimonial and hermeneutical injustice, we argue that self-narratives - especially when articulated through social media - can serve as tools of epistemic resistance and community building, that challenge dominant medicalized narratives. In the first part we develop a theoretical framework to understand the relation between identity claims and narrative practices, as well as their link to epistemic injustice. We will argue that lived experience of mental conditions and neurodivergence can act as a source of self-narrations that can both be influenced by, and counter, pathologizing dominant narratives. Especially through this kind of resistance, self-narrative practices can build what we call collective counter-narratives that can oppose epistemic injustice in psychiatry. Drawing on this, we explore how digital platforms provide neurodivergent individuals with alternative spaces for recognition and knowledge production. Social media affordances, such as visibility and interactivity, enable community building and identity affirmation, while also introducing vulnerabilities through over-sharing and algorithmic normativity. By analyzing self-diagnosis and online disability performance, we highlight how epistemic agency is negotiated amid technological and socio-cultural asymmetries. Ultimately, we argue that digital platforms can serve as arenas of epistemic resistance, where lived experience is claimed as collective expertise, challenging traditional medical authority, while acknowledging the associated risks and political implications.

New philosophy paper on self-diagnosis in psychiatry. It is a bit more optimistic than I am but it is definitely worth reading #self-diagnosis #HPS #psychiatry: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

"the choice is not between autism or nothing, but rather between autism and about a dozen other diagnostic possibilities". This is very relevant for discussions of overdiagnosis and self-diagnosis. #autism

Thanks. I was also thinking they are correspondence rules, but I will check out that article.

Question about Carnap. Carnap posits frameworks and correspondence rules. Would statistical techniques like factor and cluster analysis (i.e. statistical techniques used in psychiatry) be a framework, a correspondence rule or something else? #philsci #philosophy

Presenting on 'Self-Diagnosis in Autism: why, how, accuracy and consequences' to medical professionals later today. It will be interesting to see what medical professionals make of the issue. #autism #self-diagnosis

Richard Hassall is one of my philosophical opponents but whom I am on good terms with. Always worth paying attention to what they say:

My new article on lived experience research. I criticise Bhaskar as a philosophical foundation. I argue that seeing psychiatric diagnoses as idealised and abstract models leads to a pluralistic relationship between lived experience and diagnoses #philsci #hps #philpsy #sts #livedexperience

"To truly understand people we need far richer sources than the DSM. Tarkovsky and Dostoevsky may deliver truths in a way the DSM cannot". Sorry for the self-promotion but I like this bit of my book. The book is about defending diagnoses, but I also recognise their limits #psychiatry #DSM

YouTube video by Philosophy of Psychiatric Diagnoses What I am reacting to: In Defence of Psychiatric Diagnoses

I outline the positions held by critics of psychiatric diagnoses which I reacted to in my book.

#Psychiatry #HPS #philsky #philsci

Interesting stuff on difficulties of defining experiential knowledge and what role it should play in research.

Contemporary Philosophy of Autism This volume explores interesting and emerging philosophical questions related to autism. It sheds light on the ways in which cultural attitudes about autism have changed in the decade since the editor...

The book Contemporary Philosophy of Autism has just been released. It contains my chapter Autism, the Double Empathy Problem and Feeling the Emotions of Another Person.

#philsci #philpsy #HPS #STS #autism #empathy

About 95% of the time yes, about 5% of the time no. They do have weak spots certainly, but unless you push them in very specific areas then I usually find them to be pretty impressive.

Another one of those zero relevance to anything I do but I still want to read it papers. AIs can certainly do some very impressive reasoning above and beyond statistical associations, but I presume the answer is still no:

Just finished Cyberpunk 2077. There are quite a lot of #philosophy themes in the game, especially relating to questions of identity and death. Also, one of the radio stations plays a band named The Cartesian Duelists. #Descartes

Neurodiversity with Nuance - Neuroethics The neurodiversity movement grew out of the autism community but is now being applied to many neurological types, from dyslexia to schizophrenia. The resulting neurodiversity paradigm maintains that t...

I think this article provides a decisive refutation of key aspects of Walker's Neuroqueer Heresies. #neurodiversity #autism

So he does not seem to be saying human sciences = subjective and physical sciences = objective. I guess he thinks both are theoretical constructs derivable from introspection and external observation. 2/2.

There is a narrative that the logical positivists produced a philosophy of science that is not suitable for the human sciences. However, Carnap suggests that we can consider Freudian psychoanalytical mechanisms as theoretical in the sense that fields in physics are theoretical #philsci #philpsy 1/2

Cascade Pure techno except the brief intro. On the heavier side: Future Sound of London - Spineless Jellyfish Joton - Populous Bad Omen - Through the Dust 2121 - Apariencias Drunken Kong - The Tree (Secret Ci...

I usually only post about academic stuff but here is my new mix, straight up techno, on the heavier end.

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Decided I needed a DJ name. Suffice to say Broken Emotion sounded better than Alexithymia. If anyone is interested in Techno, Ambient and my attempts to mix them together, look no further:
www.mixcloud.com/samfellowes/

"the World Rarely Meets You at Your Depth. You may feel like you’ve lived your emotional life as a witness, not a participant. Literature may offer access to others’ souls—while your own remains unreceived by real people." Using ChatGTP for #autism / #alexithymia therapy - it is pretty good.