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Outline of an organo-dynamic conception of the structure, nosography, and pathogenesis of mental diseases

Henri Ey

pp. 111-161

Abstract

A general doctrine totally "explaining" the object of a given science is impossible, and it can be said that even in physics no "theory" can be assimilated into such a doctrine but can only be a working hypothesis. The word "doctrine', therefore, almost always and for each of us, signifies a pejorative judgment. In effect, it most often stands for speculation, abstraction, artificial construction, in short, ridiculous pretention instead of something useful.

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(1969) Psychiatry and philosophy. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 111-161

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-87984-5_3

Full citation:

Ey Henri (1969) Outline of an organo-dynamic conception of the structure, nosography, and pathogenesis of mental diseases, In: Psychiatry and philosophy, Dordrecht, Springer, 111–161.