Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Int J Law Psychiatry. 2010 Mar-Apr;33(2):66-72. doi: 10.1016/j.ijlp.2009.12.006. Epub 2010 Jan 12.
This essay first outlines a philosophical theory of concepts and then applies it to two areas of relevance to psychiatrists, especially forensic psychiatrists. In the philosophical theory, the respective roles of verbal and non-verbal definitions are illuminated, and the importance of the phenomenon of division of semantic labour is stressed. It is pointed out that vagueness and ambiguity of a term often result when the term is used for several practical purposes at the same time. Such multi-purpose uses of terms may explain both the current problems associated with the Swedish forensic-psychiatric concept of a severe mental disorder and some of the shortcomings of DSM-IV.
这篇文章首先概述了一个哲学概念理论，然后将其应用于两个与精神科医生（尤其是法医精神科医生）相关的领域。在哲学理论中，阐明了口头和非口头定义的各自作用，并强调了语义分工现象的重要性。文章指出，当一个术语同时用于多个实际目的时，术语往往会变得模糊和歧义。术语的这种多用途用法既可以解释与瑞典法医精神病学严重精神障碍概念相关的当前问题，也可以解释 DSM-IV 的一些缺点。
