Beyond Naturalism and Normativism: Reconceiving the 'Disease' Debate
Philosophical Papers 36 (3):343-370 (2007)
| Abstract | In considering the debate about the meaning of ‘disease’, the positions are generally presented as falling into two categories: naturalist, e.g., Boorse, and normativist, e.g., Engelhardt and many others. This division is too coarse, and obscures much of what is going on in this debate. I therefore propose that accounts of the meaning of ‘disease’ be assessed according to Hare’s (1997) taxonomy of evaluative terms. Such an analysis will allow us to better understand both individual positions and their inter-relationships. Most importantly, it will show that it is unlikely that there is a single unique disease-concept at issue. Rather, different authors are, for the most part, considering different concepts. | |||||||||
| Keywords | Disease naturalism normativism | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,709 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesJuha Räikkä (1996). The Social Concept of Disease. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 17 (4).
Kathrin Glüer & Åsa Wikforss (2009). Against Content Normativity. Mind 118 (469):31 - 70.
Bjørn Hofmann (2001). Complexity of the Concept of Disease as Shown Through Rival Theoretical Frameworks. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 22 (3).
Thomas Schramme (2007). The Significance of the Concept of Disease for Justice in Health Care. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 28 (2):121-135.
Maksymilian Del Mar (2010). Normativism, Anti-Normativism and Humanist Pragmatism. Human Studies 33 (2):305-323.
Robert D.'Amico (1995). Is Disease a Natural Kind? Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 20 (5):551-569.
George J. Agich (1983). Disease and Value: A Rejection of the Value-Neutrality Thesis. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 4 (1).
Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh (2000). Fuzzy Health, Illness, and Disease. Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 25 (5):605 – 638.
Germund Hesslow (1993). Do We Need a Concept of Disease? Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 14 (1).
Philip Hefner (2004). The Necessity for a Theology of Disease: Reflections on Totalities and Fragments. Zygon 39 (2):487-496.
William E. Stempsey (2000). A Pathological View of Disease. Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 21 (4).
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2010-08-24Total downloads12 ( #93,475 of 549,697 )Recent downloads (6 months)1 ( #63,425 of 549,697 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
