Hijacking Sorrow, Joy, Pleasure and Reward: A Philosophical Interpretive Framework for the Theory of Alcohol Addiction
[full article, abstract in English; only abstract in Lithuanian] This article offers a philosophical interpretation of the key concepts of alcohol addiction in neuroscience (the anhedonia hypothesis, the want-like system, the incentive salience hypothesis) and psychology (the rational choice mode...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Vilnius University Press
2018-10-01
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| Series: | Sociologija: Mintis ir Veiksmas |
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| Online Access: | http://www.zurnalai.vu.lt/sociologija-mintis-ir-veiksmas/article/view/11889 |
| Summary: | [full article, abstract in English; only abstract in Lithuanian]
This article offers a philosophical interpretation of the key concepts of alcohol addiction in neuroscience (the anhedonia hypothesis, the want-like system, the incentive salience hypothesis) and psychology (the rational choice model). A comprehensive, transdisciplinary review of the theories of alcohol addiction is performed and their applications to the treatment and recovery processes are discussed. As a core component, we reconstruct the experience to become habitual during subsequent alcohol misuse. As a result, the article proposes a philosophical theory for the broad interpretation of the concept of addiction as a reward system disorder with an application for cognitive and behavioral activity. |
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| ISSN: | 1392-3358 2335-8890 |