PHILOSOPHY OF MEDICINE: MODERN ASPECTS

Authors

  • A. Serebrennikova Lomonosov Moscow State University

Keywords:

conceptual analysis, disease, philosophy of medicine, health

Abstract

The article discusses the current trends in the development of modern philosophy of medicine as an independent branch of philosophical knowledge. By the example of the limited potential of using the methodology of conceptual analysis in the context of academic debates between naturalists and normativists in the modern analytical philosophy of medicine, the importance and necessity of expanding the practice of applying methods of experimental science is emphasized.

References

Boorse C. A rebuttal on health. In What is disease? Totowa: Humana Press, 1997. 134p.

Boorse C. Health as a theoretical concept // Philosophy of Science. 1977. №44. P. 542-573.

Lemoine M. Defining disease beyond conceptual analysis: An analysis of conceptual analysis in philosophy of medicine // Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics. 2013. №34. P. 309-352.

Matthewson J. and Griffiths P. Biological criteria of disease: Four ways of going wrong // Journal of Medicine and Philosophy. 2017. №42. P. 447-466.

Neander K. Functions as selected effects: The conceptual analyst’s defense // Philosophy of Science. 1991. №58. P. 168-184.

Wakefield J. The concept of mental disorder: On the boundary between biological facts and social values // American Psychologist. 1992. №47. P. 373-388.

Downloads

Published

2022-06-24

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 79 (2022)

Section

Статьи

License

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

CC BY-ND

A work licensed in this way allows the following:

1. The freedom to use and perform the work: The licensee must be allowed to make any use, private or public, of the work.

2. The freedom to study the work and apply the information: The licensee must be allowed to examine the work and to use the knowledge gained from the work in any way. The license may not, for example, restrict "reverse engineering."

2. The freedom to redistribute copies: Copies may be sold, swapped or given away for free, in the same form as the original.