Classification, Disease and Evidence New Essays in the Philosophy of Medicine /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Huneman, Philippe (Editor), Lambert, Gérard (Editor), Silberstein, Marc (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, 7
• Subjects: Philosophy.; Biology > Philosophy.; Medicine > History.; Medical ethics.; Philosophy of Biology.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; History of Medicine.

This anthology of essays presents a sample of studies from recent philosophy of medicine addressing issues which attempt to answer very general (interdependent) questions: (a) what is a disease and what is health? (b) How do we (causally) explain diseases? (c) And how do we distinguish diseases, i.e...