| 书目名称 | Naturalism in the Philosophy of Health |
| 副标题 | Issues and Implicati |
| 编辑 | Élodie Giroux |
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| 概述 | Offers the first comprehensive review and critical assessment of the nature and status of naturalism in philosophy of health.Presents an analysis of the implications of the philosophical theories of h |
| 丛书名称 | History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences |
| 图书封面 |  |
| 描述 | .In a series of papers published in the 1970s, Christopher Boorse proposed a naturalist theory of health, mainly based on a value-free concept of ‘biological function’, a concept of ‘reference class’ and the notion of ‘statistical normality’. His theory has profoundly shaped the philosophical debates on the concepts of health and disease. It could even be said that the numerous criticisms of his ‘biostatistical theory‘ are at the centre of what is usually referred to as the debate between ‘normativists’ and ‘naturalists’. Today, the predominant naturalist theory of health is still Boorse’s biostatistical theory. ..This volume offers the first comprehensive review and critical assessment of the nature and status of naturalism in the philosophy of health. It explores the notion of biological normativity and its relevance for the philosophy of health, and it analyses the implications of the philosophical theories of health for healthcare and the debate on health enhancement. ..In the first section, several contributions identify the kind of ‘naturalism’ the biostatistical theory belongs to and offer further criticisms or possible modifications, such as the concept of function that is |
| 出版日期 | Book 2016 |
| 关键词 | Biological Function; Biological Organisation; Biostatistical Theory (BST); Boorse‘s Goal of Medicine; Ch |
| 版次 | 1 |
| doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29091-1 |
| isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-80487-3 |
| isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-29091-1Series ISSN 2211-1948 Series E-ISSN 2211-1956 |
| issn_series | 2211-1948 |
| copyright | Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 |
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