Pluralism and incommensurability in suicide research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12612337 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hane Htut Maung (0000-0003-0979-5180, University of Manchester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 80 |
| Pages | 101247-101247 |
| Publication date | 2020-01-02 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-8486 • E-ISSN: 1879-2499 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.shpsc.2019.101247 |
| PMID | 31902654 |
| OpenAlex | W2998575606 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 30 |
This paper examines the complex research landscape of contemporary suicidology from a philosophy of science perspective. I begin by unpacking the methods, concepts, and assumptions of some of the prominent approaches to studying suicide causation, including psychological autopsy studies, epidemiological studies, biological studies, and qualitative studies. I then analyze the different ways these approaches partition the causes of suicide, with particular emphasis on the ways they conceptualize the domain of mental disorder. I argue that these different ways of partitioning the causal space and conceptualizing mental disorder result in incommensurabilities between the approaches. These incommensurabilities restrict the degrees to which the different approaches can be integrated, thus lending support to explanatory pluralism in the study of suicide causation. They also shed light on some of the philosophical underpinnings of the disagreement between mainstream suicidology and the emerging area of critical suicidology
Causation · Epistemology · Mainstream · Philosophy of science · Pluralism (philosophy · Poison control · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Suicidology · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
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The body economic
Suicide and mental disorders
Re-Thinking Youth Suicide
Psychological Autopsy Studies as Diagnostic Tools
Population Attributable Fractions of Psychiatric Disorders and Suicide Ideation and Attempts Associated With Adverse Childhood Experiences
The concept of mental disorder
Suicides of the Marginalised
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |