Addiction
My research on addiction uses philosophical analysis, clinical practice, individual testimony and addiction science to redress the standard conception of addiction as a neurobiological disease of compulsion, arguing instead for an approach that is both humanistic and heterogeneous. I am currently writing a book that synthesizes and extends this research to develop a new paradigm for addiction, under contract with Princeton University Press.
I am also philosopher-in-residence at the Venniro Lab where I collaborate with Marco Venniro and his team.
Articles
Social odor choice buffers drug craving (with K.M. Papastrat, C.A. Lis, D. Caprioli, A.C Puche, L.A. Ramsey, & M. Venniro) Neuropsychopharmacology (online 2023)
Addiction and the meaning of disease in N Heather, M Field, AC Moss, S Satel, eds. Evaluating the Brain Disease Model of Addiction: 320-228 (2022)
Is addiction a brain disease? A plea for agnosticism and heterogeneity Psychopharmacology 239(4), 993-1007, 2022
Addiction and the self Noûs, 55(4), 737-761, 2021
What we're not talking about when we talk about addiction Hastings Center Report 50(4): 37-46 (2020)
"Chasing the first high": memory sampling in drug choice (with Aaron Bornstein) Neuropsychopharmacology 45, 907-815, 2020
The puzzle of addiction The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Science of Addiction (2018)
Denial in addiction Mind & Language 31(3): 277-299 (2016)
Responsibility without blame for addiction Neuroethics 10(1): 169-180 (2017)
Addiction The Routledge Companion to Free Will: 454-467 (2017)
How do you know you have a drug problem? The role of knowledge of negative consequences in explaining drug choice in humans and rats (with S.H. Ahmed) in N Heather and G Segal, eds. Addiction and Choice: Rethinking the Relationship (2016)
Psychopathology and the ability to do otherwise Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 90(1): 135-163 (2015)
The purpose in chronic addiction American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 3: 30-39 (2012)
Addiction in context: philosophical lessons from a personality disorder clinic (with Steve Pearce)in N Levy, ed. Addiction and Self-control: 165-194 (2013)
What is addiction? (with Walter Sinnott-Armstrong) Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry: 851-864 (2013) [material reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press and available here]
Handbook
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Science of Addiction (with S.H. Ahmed)
Special Issue
Frontiers in Psychiatry: Alternative Models of Addiction (with S.H. Ahmed & Bennett Foddy)
Some interviews, public engagement articles, blogs & podcasts
Understanding Addiction - BBC Radio 4 Four Thought
Addiction - The LSE Forum for Philosophy
Responsibility without Blame in Therapeutic Communities - Mad in America
The Brain Disease Model of Addiction: Discussion with Kent Berridge, Marc Lewis & Jerry Wakefield - The Brains Blog
Willful Acts - Hi-Phi Nation
The Outsider - Aeon
Addiction as Choice - Marc Lewis' Understanding Addiction Blog
Responsibility Without Blame for Addiction - Johns Hopkins Biomedical Odyssey Blog
Religion, Responsibility, Blame & Shame - In Sickness and In Health Podcast
My research on addiction uses philosophical analysis, clinical practice, individual testimony and addiction science to redress the standard conception of addiction as a neurobiological disease of compulsion, arguing instead for an approach that is both humanistic and heterogeneous. I am currently writing a book that synthesizes and extends this research to develop a new paradigm for addiction, under contract with Princeton University Press.
I am also philosopher-in-residence at the Venniro Lab where I collaborate with Marco Venniro and his team.
Articles
Social odor choice buffers drug craving (with K.M. Papastrat, C.A. Lis, D. Caprioli, A.C Puche, L.A. Ramsey, & M. Venniro) Neuropsychopharmacology (online 2023)
Addiction and the meaning of disease in N Heather, M Field, AC Moss, S Satel, eds. Evaluating the Brain Disease Model of Addiction: 320-228 (2022)
Is addiction a brain disease? A plea for agnosticism and heterogeneity Psychopharmacology 239(4), 993-1007, 2022
Addiction and the self Noûs, 55(4), 737-761, 2021
What we're not talking about when we talk about addiction Hastings Center Report 50(4): 37-46 (2020)
"Chasing the first high": memory sampling in drug choice (with Aaron Bornstein) Neuropsychopharmacology 45, 907-815, 2020
The puzzle of addiction The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Science of Addiction (2018)
Denial in addiction Mind & Language 31(3): 277-299 (2016)
Responsibility without blame for addiction Neuroethics 10(1): 169-180 (2017)
Addiction The Routledge Companion to Free Will: 454-467 (2017)
How do you know you have a drug problem? The role of knowledge of negative consequences in explaining drug choice in humans and rats (with S.H. Ahmed) in N Heather and G Segal, eds. Addiction and Choice: Rethinking the Relationship (2016)
Psychopathology and the ability to do otherwise Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 90(1): 135-163 (2015)
The purpose in chronic addiction American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience 3: 30-39 (2012)
Addiction in context: philosophical lessons from a personality disorder clinic (with Steve Pearce)in N Levy, ed. Addiction and Self-control: 165-194 (2013)
What is addiction? (with Walter Sinnott-Armstrong) Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry: 851-864 (2013) [material reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press and available here]
Handbook
The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Science of Addiction (with S.H. Ahmed)
Special Issue
Frontiers in Psychiatry: Alternative Models of Addiction (with S.H. Ahmed & Bennett Foddy)
Some interviews, public engagement articles, blogs & podcasts
Understanding Addiction - BBC Radio 4 Four Thought
Addiction - The LSE Forum for Philosophy
Responsibility without Blame in Therapeutic Communities - Mad in America
The Brain Disease Model of Addiction: Discussion with Kent Berridge, Marc Lewis & Jerry Wakefield - The Brains Blog
Willful Acts - Hi-Phi Nation
The Outsider - Aeon
Addiction as Choice - Marc Lewis' Understanding Addiction Blog
Responsibility Without Blame for Addiction - Johns Hopkins Biomedical Odyssey Blog
Religion, Responsibility, Blame & Shame - In Sickness and In Health Podcast