#863 Diane O'Leary: Philosophy, Medicine, Mind-Body Dualism, and Psychiatry
Dr. Diane O’Leary is a Public Voices Fellow for Advancing the Rights of Women and Girls with Equality Now and the op-ed project. She has a PhD in philosophy from University of Sydney, and an MA in philosophy from Syracuse University. In both cases her focus was metaphysics, though for the PhD she gave her attention to Plato, and the application of his metaphysical views to his choices as writer. In her work she focuses on philosophy of mind, clinical medicine, and gender equity.
In this episode, we talk about topics in the philosophy of medicine. We talk about the relationship between philosophy and medicine. We discuss the issues with how medicine deals with mind-body dualism, and property dualism. We talk about objectivity and subjectivity in medicine. We discuss how psychosomatic symptoms are dealt with, and the specific case of the history of chronic fatigue syndrome. We talk about how medically unexplained symptoms are dealt with institutionally and in research, and the importance of taking patients’ claims seriously. We talk about limitations of the biopsychosocial model. We discuss gender bias in healthcare and psychiatry, the legacy of the diagnosis of hysteria, and why women go to the doctor more often. Finally, we discuss why philosophy is still relevant.
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Intro
The relationship between philosophy and medicine
How medicine deals with mind-body dualism
Property dualism, and how scientists tend to deal with dualism
Is medicine about collecting objective evidence?
Subjectivity in medicine
Approaching psychosomatic symptoms
The case of chronic fatigue syndrome and long-COVID
How medically unexplained symptoms are dealt with institutionally and in research
Taking patients’ claims seriously
The biopsychosocial model
Diagnosing women’s psychosomatic conditions, and the legacy of hysteria
The big issues in psychiatry
Gender bias in healthcare, and why women go to the doctor more often
Why philosophy is still relevant
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