EPISODE · Jun 2, 2025 · 30 MIN
What is "disordered" in 'psychiatric disorder'? Questions of normativity
from In Front of the Mirror - The English Podcast · host Cristiano Bacchi, Giacomo Piselli Fioroni
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. -Every other Monday, at 12pm.Follow us on:Instagram: @mirror_podcast_Twitter/𝕏: @mirror_podcastThis project exists in Italian as well: In Front of the Mirror - Il Podcast in Italiano
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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. -Every other Monday, at 12pm.Follow us on:Instagram: @mirror_podcast_Twitter/𝕏: @mirror_podcastThis project exists in Italian as well: In Front of the Mirror - Il Podcast in Italiano
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