Can expertise be about values? On the roles of patients’ perspectives in psychiatric epistemology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21591723 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne-Marie Gagné-Julien (0000-0001-6586-2371, Université Laval, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-14 |
| Publication date | 2026-06-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophical Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-5089 • E-ISSN: 1465-394X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09515089.2026.2692982 |
| OpenAlex | W7165672906 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 16 |
In this commentary on Şerife Tekin’s book Reclaiming the Self in Psychiatry: Centering Personal Narratives for a Humanist Science, I explore the following question: does Tekin’s conception of expertise by experience capture all the areas of expertise that patients can have? To do so, I first reconstruct Tekin’s argument regarding the idea that patients are experience-based experts and show how it fits into the broader view that psychiatry should aim for a social form of objectivity. I then draw on two theoretical frameworks from feminist philosophy of science – social objectivity (the one endorsed by Tekin) and feminist standpoint theory – to reflect further on patients’ roles in knowledge making practices in psychiatry. I question whether the additional patients roles revealed by social objectivity and feminist standpoint theory correspond to the concept of expertise used by Tekin. I close by further reflecting on the concept of expertise itself and on why it is seen as a powerful tool for considering the important integration of patients into psychiatric epistemology
Feminist philosophy · Humanism · Narrative · Philosophy of science · Social knowledge · Theory of mind · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |