Article ID: CBB001320361

Friedrich Nietzsche and his Illness: A Neurophilosophical Approach to Introspection (2013)

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There are some arguments that Friedrich Nietzsche suffered from the autosomal dominant vascular microangiopathy: Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy (CADASIL). Here, a hypothesis is formulated supporting that CADASIL presenting with symptoms of bipolar disorder and Gastaut-Geschwind syndrome would contribute to the increased insight and creativity of a philosopher whose perceptions and intuitions often bear out the results of modern neuroscience. Alterations of the brain default and reward networks would account for such an increased level of introspection and creativity. A new framework on approaching illness is proposed, which, in conformity with Nietzsche's positive view, outlines the enabling aspects of some otherwise highly disabling neuropsychiatric disorders

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Authors & Contributors
Faschi, Viviana
Matsubayashi, Kozo
Daker, Mauricio V.
Whitehead, James
Okumiya, Kiyohito
Moynihan, Thomas
Concepts
Mental disorders and diseases
Psychology
Diagnosis
Psychiatry
Creativity; genius
Biographies
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
Ancient
21st century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Europe
Greece
France
Australia
Rome (Italy)
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