A Change of Perspective: Naive Realism and Normal Variation
(2025)
Book Chapter
FRENCH, C., & PHILLIPS, I. (2025). A Change of Perspective: Naive Realism and Normal Variation. In O. Beck, & F. Masrour (Eds.), The Relational View of Perception: New Philosophical Essays (154-182). Routledge
Outputs (17)
Mental health pluralism (2024)
Journal Article
French, C. (2025). Mental health pluralism. Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 28, 65-81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11019-024-10233-8In addressing the question of what mental health is we might proceed as if there is a single phenomenon—mental health—denoted by a single overarching concept. The task, then, is to provide an informative analysis of this concept which applies to all... Read More about Mental health pluralism.
On the Myth of Psychotherapy (2024)
Journal Article
French, C. (in press). On the Myth of Psychotherapy. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology,Thomas Szasz famously argued that mental illness is a myth. Less famously, Szasz argued that since mental illness is a myth, so too is psychotherapy. Szasz’ claim that mental illness is a myth has been much discussed, but much less attention has been... Read More about On the Myth of Psychotherapy.
On The Myth of Psychotherapy * (2024)
Journal Article
French, C. (in press). On The Myth of Psychotherapy *. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology,Thomas Szasz famously argued that mental illness is a myth. Less famously, Szasz argued that since mental illness is a myth, so too is psychotherapy. Szasz' claim that mental illness is a myth has been much discussed, but much less attention has been... Read More about On The Myth of Psychotherapy *.
Naïve Realism, the Slightest Philosophy, and the Slightest Science (2023)
Book Chapter
French, C., & Phillips, I. (2023). Naïve Realism, the Slightest Philosophy, and the Slightest Science. In B. P. McLaughlin, & J. Cohen (Eds.), Contemporary Debates in the Philosophy of Mind (363-383). (2nd). Wiley-Blackwell
Naïve Realism, the Slightest Philosophy, and the Slightest Science (2023)
Book Chapter
French, C., & Phillips, I. (2023). Naïve Realism, the Slightest Philosophy, and the Slightest Science. In B. P. McLaughlin, & J. Cohen (Eds.), Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Mind. (Second Edition). Wiley
Naive realism, representationalism, and the rationalizing role of visual perception (2020)
Journal Article
French, C. (2020). Naive realism, representationalism, and the rationalizing role of visual perception. Philosophical Issues, 30(1), 102-119. https://doi.org/10.1111/phis.12174
Austerity and Illusion (2020)
Journal Article
French, C., & Phillips, I. (2020). Austerity and Illusion. Philosophers' Imprint, 20(15), 1-19Many contemporary theorists charge that naïve realists are incapable of accounting for illusions. Various sophisticated proposals have been ventured to meet this charge. Here, we take a different approach and dispute whether the naïve realist owes an... Read More about Austerity and Illusion.
The Unity of Perception: Content, Consciousness, Evidence, by Susanna Schellenberg (2019)
Journal Article
French, C. (2020). The Unity of Perception: Content, Consciousness, Evidence, by Susanna Schellenberg. Mind, 129(513), 339-349. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzz026
Epistemological disjunctivism and its representational commitments (2019)
Book Chapter
French, C. (2019). Epistemological disjunctivism and its representational commitments. In C. Doyle, J. Milburn, & D. Pritchard (Eds.), New Issues in Epistemological Disjunctivism. Routledge