Health, Science, and Ordinary Language / / Lennart Nordenfelt.
This book is a contribution to the current philosophical discussion on the nature of health and illness. It contains a comparative analysis and reevaluation of four influential contemporary theories in this field. These are the biostatistical theory of Christopher Boorse which represents the mainstr...
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| Superior document: | Value Inquiry Book Series ; 110 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden; , Boston : : BRILL,, 2001. |
| Year of Publication: | 2001 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Value Inquiry Book Series ;
110. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (256 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword by Zbigniew Szawarski. Author's Preface. Part One. Disease and Illness Revisited: Where Should Medical Theory Go?
- One. Introduction
- Two. The Biostatistical Theory of Disease: Christopher Boorse
- Three. An Alternative Medical Paradigm of Disease: Lawrie Reznek
- Four. Toward Reverse Theories of Health and Illness: K.W.M. Fulford and Lennart Nordenfelt
- Five. Toward a Critical Assessment of the Reverse Theories of Health and Illness
- Part Two. Two Commentaries by George Khushf and K.W.M. Fulford
- One. What Is at Issue in the Debate about Concepts of Health and Disease? Framing the Problem of Demarcation for a Post-Positivist Era of Medicine. By George Khushf
- Two. Philosophy into Practice: The Case for Ordinary-Language Philosophy. By K.W.M. Fulford
- Afterword
- References
- About the Authors
- Index.