Blankenburg applied Husserl's phenomenolgy to patients with hebephrenic schizophrenia which no longer have a sense for what is sociable suitable. These patients lose a sense for things that areevident in every day common sense. Blankenburg debates with Jaspers and Binswanger aboutthe role of intuition and phenomenological method in hebephrenia. He returns to a Husserlianapproach of genetic phenomenology to uncover the loss of natural evidence in the formationof attenuated schizophrenia. Phenomenological philosophy can help clarify the concepts at theheart of schizophrenia and thus has practical relevance. Philosophical thinking and a morepatient-centered approach to psychiatry should be integrated into the research of psychiatrists.
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