Erwin Straus
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Erwin Straus a phenomenologist
and neurologist
of European origin, helped to pioneer anthropological medicine and psychiatry, a holistic approach to medicine that is critical of mechanistic and reductionistic approaches to understanding and treating human beings. Some of his work can also be regarded as a precursor to or early version of neurophenomenology
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His books published in English include:
Phenomenology (psychology)
Phenomenology is an approach to psychological subject matter that has its roots in the philosophical work of Edmund Husserl. Early phenomenologists such as Husserl, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty conducted their own psychological investigations in the early 20th century...
and neurologist
Neurologist
A neurologist is a physician who specializes in neurology, and is trained to investigate, or diagnose and treat neurological disorders.Neurology is the medical specialty related to the human nervous system. The nervous system encompasses the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. A specialist...
of European origin, helped to pioneer anthropological medicine and psychiatry, a holistic approach to medicine that is critical of mechanistic and reductionistic approaches to understanding and treating human beings. Some of his work can also be regarded as a precursor to or early version of neurophenomenology
Neurophenomenology
Neurophenomenology refers to a scientific research program aimed to address the hard problem of consciousness in a pragmatic way. It combines neuroscience with phenomenology in order to study experience, mind, and consciousness with an emphasis on the embodied condition of the human mind...
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His books published in English include:
- Man, Time, and World: Two Contributions to Anthropological Psychology (1982, Humanities Press)
- Language and Language Disturbances (1974, Duquesne University PressDuquesne University PressDuquesne University Press, founded in 1927, is a publisher that is part of Duquesne University, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The Press is the scholarly publishing arm of Duquesne University, and publishes monographs and collections in the humanities and social sciences...
) - Psychiatry and Philosophy (1969, Springer)
- Phenomenology: Pure and Applied (1964, Duquesne University Press)
- On Obsession: A Clinical and Methodological Study (1987, Johnson Reprint Corp)
- Phenomenological Psychology (1966, Basic BooksBasic BooksBasic Books is a book publisher founded in 1952 and located in New York. It publishes books in the fields of psychology, philosophy, economics, science, politics, sociology, current affairs, and history.-History:...
) - Phenomenology of Memory (1970, Duquesne University Press)
External links
- Decade of the Person: Tribute to Erwin Straus MD by Brian Koehler