{"product_id":"the-logic-of-madness-a-new-theory-of-mental-illness-9780992796150","title":"The Logic of Madness: A New Theory of Mental Illness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA radical reappraisal of mental illness\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMadness, melancholy, insanity, lunacy, craziness, loco: a dizzying litany of words are used to describe a condition we don't truly understand.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDespite centuries of scientific study, many mental disorders remain untreatable and their causes not understood. The consequences are terrible, both in human suffering and the economic impact of millions of unproductive or destructive people.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn assuming that mental illness is a mathematical problem, \u003cem\u003eThe Logic of Madness\u003c\/em\u003e analyses how a human action can be deviant even when rational. It reveals that a person without a genetic or brain abnormality can have an apparent mental disorder that is entirely logical in its structure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplying this mathematical rigour, creates a theoretical map of the symptoms and causes of mental illness and demonstrates how their origins are in human misunderstanding of emotion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe thesis of\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Logic of Madness\u003c\/em\u003e is that madness is rational and, with the surprising conclusion that it is a logic problem rather than a medical problem, shows that even human actions that are usually deemed mad are logically derived from a particular combination of manipulations of emotional behaviour.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA new understanding of the structures behind symptoms of mental illness will hopefully give rise to more targeted therapies that will enable us permanently to escape entrenched patterns of destructiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Blakeway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Meyer LeBoeuf Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780992796150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlakeway, Matthew:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Matthew Blakeway studied philosophy, mathematics and formal logic before pursuing a career in investment banking. He structured and modified financial derivatives and complex financing mechanisms in an industry where the reverse engineering of competitors' systems is common practice. After twenty years spent analysing and manipulating abstract conceptual frameworks, he began to develop a theory that humans are abstract mechanisms and that we, too, can be reverse engineered. The Logic of Madness is the culmination of that journey of discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Meyer LeBoeuf Limited","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41338085146739,"sku":"9.78099E+12","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_694e18b3-a26f-4733-a51c-f0583e1b2b45.jpg?v=1707588704","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-logic-of-madness-a-new-theory-of-mental-illness-9780992796150","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}