R D Laing – A look into the Mind of the Man who brought Game Theory Into The Study of Mind

December 27th, 2009 • By: RCG Bookmark / share this post
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Ronald David Laing (7 October 1927 – 23 August 1989), was a Scottish psychiatrist who wrote extensively on mental illness – in particular, the experience of psychosis. Laing’s views on the causes and treatment of serious mental dysfunction, greatly influenced by existential philosophy, ran counter to the psychiatric orthodoxy of the day by taking the [...]