Giroux, Élodie
Naturalism in the Philosophy of Health
1. Introduction. Why a Book on Naturalism in the Philosophy of Health?
Élodie Giroux
Part I. The Biostatistical Theory of Disease: Criticisms and Improvements
2. Is Boorse’s Biostatistical Theory of Health Naturalistic?
Maël Lemoine, Élodie Giroux
3. In Search of Normal Functions: BST, Cummins Functions, and Hempel’s Problem
Denis Forest, Marion Bidan
4. Comparative and Non-comparative Concepts of Health
Daniel M. Hausman
5. What a Naturalist Theory of Illness Should Be
Thomas Schramme
Part II. Health, Normativity and Naturalism
6. Contextualizing Medical Norms: Georges Canguilhem’s Surnaturalism
Jonathan Sholl
7. Organizational Malfunctions and the Notions of Health and Disease
Cristian Saborido, Alvaro Moreno, María González-Moreno, Juan Carlos Hernández Clemente
8. Biological Organization and Pathology: Three Views on the Normativity of Medicine
Arantza Etxeberria
Part III. Implications for Healthcare
9. Goals of Medicine
Christopher Boorse
10. From “Better than Well” to “More than Human”
Jean-Yves Goffi
11. Broadening and Balancing the Goals of Medicine: Battling Disease and Treating the Healthy
Peter H. Schwartz
12. A Defence of a Holistic Concept of Health
Lennart Nordenfelt
Avainsanat: Philosophy, Philosophy of Biology, History of Medicine, Philosophy of Medicine
- Toimittaja
- Giroux, Élodie
- Julkaisija
- Springer
- Julkaisuvuosi
- 2016
- Kieli
- en
- Painos
- 1
- Sarja
- History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences
- Sivumäärä
- 6 sivua
- Kategoria
- Filosofia
- Tiedostomuoto
- E-kirja
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9783319290911
- Painetun ISBN
- 978-3-319-29089-8