Biology and medical theory / Peter Takacs.
by Takacs, Peter, author.
Series: Cambridge elements : elements in the philosophy of biology. Published by : Cambridge University Press, (Cambridge, United Kingdom.) Physical details: 1 online resource (85 pages) ISBN: 9781009768016. ISSN:25151126 Year: 2025| Item type | Location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references.
The philosophy of medicine has long been concerned with the status of diseases and disorders. Are such states genuinely pathological in an objective, mind-independent sense or merely value-laden social constructs? The prevailing dialectic in this area accordingly pits normative views against non-normative, naalternative turalistic positions. Hybrid accounts represent a better to these needlessly extreme 'purist' views. Hybrid accounts maintain that objective criteria for health and disease can exist independently and harmoniously alongside of normative considerations. Hybrid accounts to date have nevertheless failed to convince many. The failure is due largely to their reliance on inadequate notions of biological dysfunction. This Element attempts to redress this situation by sketching the outlines of a more sophisticated dysfunction condition. Drawing on recent advances in evolutionary medicine, the author examines the strengths and remaining weaknesses of a correspondingly revamped hybrid account of disease.
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