Background
Gillett, Grant Randall was born on June 2, 1950 in Auckland, New Zealand. Son of Arthur Randall and Pauline Margaret Hinemoa Gillett.
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This lucidly argued volume covers the key philosophical revolutions that are shaping contemporary psychology. Harrace and Gillett herald a new paradigm in psychology, dissolving the Cartesian distinction between mind and body in favour of the discursive turn in psychological theory. The authors explore the discursive origins of the self, the problem of agency and social understanding of personality. In the process, they elevate the emotions to a significant place in our understanding of mind, action and being. The theoretical breadth of the book is matched by its treatment of a wide range of subjects, including: consciousness; the brain; perception; thought; personality; and the emotions.
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This is a practical introduction to the range of ethical questions which doctors and other health-care professionals may be expected to encounter in practice. The books covers both the traditional "end of life" issues and also deals with medical research and consent issues, confidentiality and AIDS, resource allocation, care of the mentally ill, and the doctor/patient relationship. Each chapter canvasses a range of ethical views, drawing both from traditional philosophical responses and the most recent contemporary responses. Theoretical discussion is extended and enlivened by the use of hypothetical and actual examples, suitable both for private study or group discussion. While the needs of medical students for a non-technical guide to ethics have been kept firmly in mind, the clarity of writing and avoidance of specialist medical and philosophical terminology ensure that it will be of value to students of nursing and related disciplines, and accessible to the lay reader.
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Grant Gillett argues that to understand mental illness fully requires more than a study of biological models of mental processes and pathologies. As intensely social animals, he argues, we need to look for the causes of human mental disorders in our interactions with others; in social rule-following and its role in the organization of mental content; in the power relations embedded within social structures and cultural norms; in the way that our mental life is inscribed by a cumulative life of encounters with others. Gillett uses material arising in the study of philosophy of mind, epistemology, post-modern continental philosophy, and philosophy of language to try to elucidate the nature of psychiatric phenomena involving disorders of thought, perception, emotion, moral sense, and action. Within this framework, a series of chapters analyse important psychiatric disorders such as depression, attention deficiency, autism, schizophrenia, and anorexia. Along the way, Gillett explores the nature of memory and identity; of hysteria and what constitutes rational behaviour; and of what causes us to label someone a psychopath or deviant. This fascinating book will provide readers with important insights into the causes and nature of psychosis. In addition, Gillett's arguments have considerable implications for the way in which we understand and treat people suffering from psychiatric disorders. The Mind and its Discontents will be read by researchers and postgraduate students in a range of academic areas, including psychiatry, bioethics, philosophy of mind, social theory, and clinical psychology. It will also be of considerable interest to practising psychiatrists.
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This study examines the relationship between thought and language by considering the views of Kant and the later Wittgenstein along with many strands of contemporary debate in the area of mental content. Building on an analysis of the nature of concepts and conceptions of objects, Gillett provides an account of psychological explanation and the subject of experience, offers a novel perspective on mental representation and linguistic meaning, looks at the difficult topics of cognitive roles and singular thought, and concludes with an outline of certain considerations relevant to skeptical arguments and the nature of perception. The resulting synthesis demonstrates interesting correlations with current work in cognitive and developmental psychology, and is directly relevant to continuing work in epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophical psychology.
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This is a survey of medical ethics. It draws on actual medical practice and case law to set issues in context and tackles questions of suicide, abortion and euthanasia. It sets ideas of Hippocrates into the framework of everyday practice of doctors asking "does he know best?"
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Medical ethics educator neurosurgeon
Gillett, Grant Randall was born on June 2, 1950 in Auckland, New Zealand. Son of Arthur Randall and Pauline Margaret Hinemoa Gillett.
Master of Science in Psychology, Auckland U., 1972; Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery, Auckland U., 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford (England) University, 1985.
Resident, Auckland Hospital, 1974-1982; fellow in neurosurgery, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, 1982-1983; senior scholar, St. Cross College, Oxford, 1983-1985; fellow by examination, Magdalen College, Oxford, 1986-1988; senior lecturer, neurosurgeon, Dunedin Hospital, New Zealand, 1988-1995; professor medical ethics, neurosurgeon, Otago U., New Zealand, since 1995.
(This study examines the relationship between thought and ...)
(This is a practical introduction to the range of ethical ...)
(Grant Gillett argues that to understand mental illness fu...)
(This lucidly argued volume covers the key philosophical r...)
(This is a survey of medical ethics. It draws on actual me...)
(This is a survey of medical ethics. It draws on actual me...)
Member National Advisory Committee on Health Ethics, since 1994. Fellow Royal Australasian College Surgeons.
Married Shirley Anne Saunders, January 6, 1972. Children: Rachel Anne, Lizzie Naomi, Matthew Grant, Katherine Emma.