Opening book details…
Can I read Naturalism in the Philosophy of Health: Issues and Implications (History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences (17)) on EtoBox?
Naturalism in the Philosophy of Health: Issues and Implications (History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences (17)) by Élodie Giroux (eds.) is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Naturalism in the Philosophy of Health: Issues and Implications (History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences (17)) about?
<p>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 ‘nor
Who reads Naturalism in the Philosophy of Health: Issues and Implications (History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences (17))?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Élodie Giroux (eds.)
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing, Imprint Springer. Springer International Publishing ; Imprint Springer
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9783319290898
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Medical, Philosophy, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
More by Élodie Giroux (eds.)
Browse all works by Élodie Giroux (eds.)
Similar books
- Early Modern Medicine and Natural Philosophy (History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences (14)) — Peter Distelzweig; Benjamin Goldberg; Evan R Ragland; Early Modern Medicine and Natural Philosophy (Conference); École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France) (2016)
- Mechanism and Causality in Biology and Economics History Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences — Hsiang-Ke Chao, Szu-Ting Chen and Roberta L. Millstein (2013)
- The Philosophy of Biology: A Companion for Educators (History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences Book 1) — Kostas Kampourakis (auth.) (2013)
- Entangled Life Volume 4 || — Gillian Barker, Eric Desjardins, Trevor Pearce (auth.), (2014)
- Classification, Disease and Evidence: New Essays in the Philosophy of Medicine (History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences Book 7) — Philippe Huneman, Gérard Lambert; Silberstein, Marc (2015)
- Biological Autonomy: A Philosophical and Theoretical Enquiry (History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences Book 12) — Alvaro Moreno, Matteo Mossio (auth.) (2015)