Nature of Disease

Nature of Disease

Reznek, Lawrie

Taylor & Francis Ltd

05/2022

236

Dura

Inglês

9781032255170

15 a 20 dias

603

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Introduction: Medicine and the Need for Philosophy 1. Invention or Discovery? 2. Taxonomic Realism: Natural Kinds 3. Taxonomic Realism 2: Semantics 4. The Nature of Disease 5. The Normal and the Pathological 6. The Concept of Function 7. The Naturalist Theory 8. The Concept of Harm 9. The Normativist Theory 10. Disease Entities as Natural Kinds 11. The Semantics of Disease Terms Conclusion: When is a Disease Not a Disease?
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disease status;normative theory;desire-satisfaction theory;pathological conditions;disability;health norms;disfiguration;theories of human good;pre-existing dieases;Natural Kind;Explanatory Nature;Nominal Essence;Disease Entities;Sickle Cell Trait;Desire Satisfaction Theory;Essentialist Fallacy;Disease Identity;Ultimate Kinds;Determinate Number;Temporal Arteritis;Polymyalgia Rheumatica;Combined Theory;Gilbert's Disease;Descriptive Meaning;Real Essence;Distinct Disease Entities;Giant Cell Arteritis;Natural Standard;Bright's Disease;Evaluative Theory;Essential Hypertension;Disease Terms;Aetiological Theory