LaCroix, Travis and Amero, Alexis and Sidloski, Benjamin (2025) What do philosophers talk about when they talk about autism? [Preprint]
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Several anecdotal claims about the relationship between philosophical discourse and the subject of autism have been forwarded in recent years. This paper seeks to verify or debunk these descriptive claims by carefully examining the philosophical literature on autism. We conduct a comprehensive scoping review to answer the question, what do philosophers talk about when they talk about autism? This empirical work confirms that the philosophy of autism is underdeveloped as a subfield of philosophy. Moreover, the way that philosophers engage with autism is often unreflective and uncritical. As a result, much work in the discipline serves to perpetuate pathologising, dehumanising, and stigmatising misinformation about autistics and autistic behaviour. By highlighting the significant gaps in the philosophical literature on autism, this review aims to deepen our understanding of philosophical thought surrounding autism and contributes to ongoing dialogues pertaining to neurodiversity, madness, and disability rights more generally.
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| Additional Information: | Accepted for publication at Synthese | ||||||||||||
| Keywords: | autism, neurodiversity, the philosophy of autism, autistic philosophy, scoping literature review, philosophy on the spectrum | ||||||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Psychology > Developmental Psychology Specific Sciences > Psychology |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. Travis LaCroix | ||||||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2025 13:15 | ||||||||||||
| Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2025 13:15 | ||||||||||||
| Item ID: | 25682 | ||||||||||||
| Subjects: | Specific Sciences > Psychology > Developmental Psychology Specific Sciences > Psychology |
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| Date: | 2025 | ||||||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/25682 |
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