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James Turner

@moody-philosopher.bsky.social

Philosopher of Cognitive Science and Psychiatry. Researching moods and mood disorders. https://sites.google.com/view/jamesturnerphilosophy/about

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Most Depression is Not a Disorder | James Turner | Evolving Psychiatry Podcast #49
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I had a great time speaking with @realadamhunt.bsky.social on his Evolving Psychiatry Podcast.

youtu.be/4AObqE2-sHY?...

23.09.2025 18:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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James Turner, What’s Low Mood All About? An Indicative-Imperative Account of Low Mood’s Content - PhilArchive Does low mood have intentional content? If so, what is it? Philosophers have tried to answer both questions by appealing to low mood’s phenomenal character. However, appeals to phenomenology have not ...

Does low mood have representational content? If so, what does it represent? Find out in my new paper, recently accepted in Philosophy of Science. philarchive.org/rec/TURWLM

06.02.2025 12:53 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Happy New Year to you too, Sérgio!

03.01.2025 21:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bad Feelings, Best Explanations: In Defence of the Propitiousness Theory of the Low Mood System - Erkenntnis There are three main accounts of the proper function of the low mood system (LMS): the social risk theory, the disease theory, and the propitiousness theory. Adjudicating between these accounts has pr...

I should probably post something, so here's my paper on the biological function of low mood.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

03.01.2025 21:01 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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