VII.—Natural Realism and Present Tendencies in Philosophy

Realism and Anti-realism in the Philosophy of Psychiatry1

This paper invalidates the anti-realist point of view on the existence of mental illness by reviewing the anti-psychiatry challenge to official psychiatry. We present the anti-realist ideas of Thomas Szasz as the most radical anti-psychiatric author followed by the more moderate thoughts of Cooper and Laing. We then present the criticism of all these authors, most notably by the Canadian philos...

Projection and Realism in Hume's Philosophy (review)

Childhood speech apraxia in focus: theoretical perspectives and present tendencies.

BACKGROUND The appearance of the praxis disorder during the first years of development has been frequently designated as childhood apraxia of speech. The present theoretical perspectives direct the speech therapist to new tendencies regarding therapeutic intervention. AIM To present a bibliographic review of the last two years about childhood speech apraxia. CONCLUSION The present literatur...

Epistemic structural realism and Poincaré’s philosophy of science

Recent discussions of structuralist approaches to scientific theories have stemmed primarily from Worrall’s (1989), in which he defends a position (since characterized

The Present-Day Tendencies of Teaching Informatics in Ukraine

The article describes the present-day situation and general approach to teaching informatics in secondary schools in Ukraine. The syllabus of teaching informatics in Ukrainian schools is described, including major topics and the number of academic hours. 1 Major Features of the Course in Informatics at Secondary Schools The main objective of informatics teaching is to provide students with theo...