Establishing Medical Reality Essays in the Metaphysics and Epistemology of Biomedical Science
Medicine raises numerous philosophical issues. Most discussed have been debates in bioethics. Yet contemporary medicine is also a rich source of controversies and examples that raise important issues in philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, and metaphysics. This volume approaches the philoso...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2007, 2007
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2007 |
| Series: | Philosophy and Medicine
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Normality, Disease and Enhancement
- Holistic Theories of Health as Applicable to Non-Human Living Beings
- Disease and the Concept of Supervenience
- Decision and Discovery in Defining ‘Disease’
- Race and Scientific Reduction
- Towards an Adequate Account of Genetic Disease
- Why Disease Persists: An Evolutionary Nosology
- Creating Mental Illness in Non-Disordered Community Populations
- Gender Identity Disorder
- Clinical Trials as Nomological Machines: Implications for Evidence-Based Medicine
- The Social Epistemology of NIH Consensus Conferences
- Maternal Agency and the Immunological Paradox of Pregnancy
- Violence and Public Health: Exploring the Relationship Between Biological Perspectives on Violent Behavior and Public Health Approaches to Violence Prevention
- Taking Equipoise Seriously: The Failure of Clinical or Community Equipoise to Resolve the Ethical Dilemmas in Randomized Clinical Trials