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Addiction

A Philosophical Perspective
By:C. Shelby
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781137552846
eText ISBN:9781137552853
Edition:0
Copyright:2016
Format:Page Fidelity

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Addiction argues that addiction should be understood not as a disease but as a phenomenon that must be understood on many levels at once. Employing a complex dynamic systems approach and philosophical methodology, Shelby explains addiction as an irreducible neurobiological, psychological, developmental, environmental, and sociological phenomenon.