Addiction: A Philosophical Perspective

Addiction argues that addiction should be understood not as a disease but as a phenomenon that must be understood on many levels at once. Employing a complex dynamic systems approach and philosophical methodology, Shelby explains addiction as an irreducible neurobiological, psychological, developmental, environmental, and sociological phenomenon.

Author: C. Shelby
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 03/08/2016
Pages: 207
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781137552846

About the Author

Candice Shelby is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Colorado at Denver, USA. She has published in the history of philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and addiction, and has spoken at international venues on a variety of topics related to addiction. She is a popular lecturer in the national addictions recovery community.