When one claims that something or someone is normal, what do they mean?

And when one claims that is not, normal?

Could investigating what a norm is, or what a rule is, ever help us make sense of all of it?

In this episode, Giacomo embarks on a journey through the concepts that underlie and support our idea of normality. In the next episode, Cristiano will continue by talking about boundaries.

References:

Carrère E. (1993). I am alive and you are dead. A journey into the mind of Philip K. Dick. Picador.

Copp D. (2022). Normativity in Metaetichs. Stanford Encyclopidia of Philosophy.

Vogt H. Hoffman B. Getz L. (2016). Personalized medicine: evidence of normativity in its quantitative definition of health. Springer.

Wegwood R. (2018). The Unity of Normativity. The Oxford Handbookk of Reasons and Normativity.

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When one claims that a disorder is psychiatric:

What is the intrinsic nature of this adjective?

What makes some kinds of experiences psychiatric, instead of something else?

And, in what way do these experiences affect the person who goes through them?

References:

de Haan, S.(2020). Enactive Psychiatry. Cambridge University Press.

Dennett, D. C. (2013). Intuition pumps and other tools for thinking. Penguin Books.

Freud, S. (1940). An outline of psycho-analysis. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis.

Kandel, E.R. (2018). The disordered mind. What unusual brains tell us about ourselves. Robinson press.

Schwarz, R.C. Sweezy, M. (2023). Internal Family System Therapy. The Guilford Family Therapy.

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Every other Monday, at 12pm.

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What was Sigmund Freud's greatest discovery?

What's the difference between a psychotherapist, and your trusted hairdresser?

And what makes the therapeutic relationship truly unique?

We discuss all this and more in our pilot episode!

References:

Ogden, T. H. (2005). This art of psychoanalysis. Dreaming undreamt dreams and interrupted cries. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.

Freud, S. (1940). An outline of psycho-analysis. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 21, 27–84.

Eagle, M. N. (2011). From classical to contemporary psychoanalysis: A critique and integration. Routledge.

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This project exists in Italian as well: In Front of the Mirror - Il Podcast in Italiano

Trailer - In Front of the Mirror