Contemporary Philosophy of Autism

This volume explores interesting and emerging philosophical questions related to autism. It sheds light on the ways in which cultural attitudes about autism have changed in the decade since the editors published their first volume on the philosophy of autism.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Autistic Vulnerability to Intellectual Arrogance 2. Moral Responsibility and Autism 3. Autism, the Double Empathy Problem and Feelings the Emotions of Another Person 4. Autism From the Second Person Perspective 5. Autism and Gender 6. Autism, Care, and the Limits of Destigmatization 7. Elephants and Armadillos: Anti-Autistic Ideology Forms an Anti-Autistic World 8. Ain't Misbehavin': Scrapping Applied Behavioral Analysis 9. Masking as Persona Flexibility 10. Re-Examining Knowledge: Sensory and Social Challenges in the Autistic Community 11. The Thing of It Isn't: Defending Eliminativism About Autism

About the author

Jami L. Anderson is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan-Flint and an Associate Teaching Professor in the Wayne State University Law School. She co-edited Philosophy of Autism. She is currently working on a monograph titled Swamped With Incompetence: Disability Law in the United States.
Simon Cushing is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan-Flint, co-editor of The Philosophy of Autism, editor of Heaven and Philosophy and New Philosophical Essays on Love and Loving. He is currently working on a monograph about the Metaphysics of Abortion.

Product details

• Authors: Jami L. (University of Michigan-Flint Anderson
• Assisted by: Anderson Jami L. (Editor), Cushing Simon (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 25.08.2025
• EAN: 9781041041597
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4104159-7
• No. of pages: 270
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Sociology, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Autism Spectrum Disorders, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, Philosophy of Mind, Psychotherapy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Ethics and moral philosophy, Teaching of students with learning difficulties, Disability: social aspects, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Medical Sociology, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Teaching of autistic students