In 1929, Alice Raven wrote a distinctive essay about lunatics: “Murder and Suicide as Marks of an Abnormal Mind,” Alice Raven, The Sociological Review, vol. a21, no. 4, October 1929, pp. 315–333. The article is prefaced by a warning from the editor. The author then begins by saying: “One of the most disturbing features of […]
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Raven: Mixed Up Mixed Theory of Madmen?
Michael J. Raven of the University of Victoria presents his view of a particular view of lunatics: “Is Lewis’s Mixed Theory Mixed Up?” Michael J. Raven, Theoria, vol. 79, no. 1, February 2013, pp. 57–75. Quothe Raven: “My aim is to rekindle interest in David Lewis’s (1983) infamous but neglected Mixed Theory of mental states. The […]