LEADER 05206nam 22006015 450 001 9910255354803321 005 20230810185305.0 010 $a3-319-29091-6 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-29091-1 035 $a(CKB)3710000000653662 035 $a(EBL)4514231 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-29091-1 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4514231 035 $a(PPN)22626291X 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000653662 100 $a20160425d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aNaturalism in the Philosophy of Health $eIssues and Implications /$fedited by Élodie Giroux 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (227 p.) 225 1 $aHistory, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences,$x2211-1956 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-29089-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction. Why a Book on Naturalism in the Philosophy of Health?; Élodie Giroux -- PART I: The Biostatistical Theory of Disease: Criticisms and Improvements -- Chapter 2: Is Boorse?s Biostatistical Theory of Health Naturalistic?; Maël Lemoine -- Chapter 3: In Search of Normal Functions: BST, Cummins Functions, and Hempel?s Problem; Marion Le Bidan -- Chapter 4: On Comparative Versus Non-comparative Theory of Health; Daniel Hausman -- Chapter 5: What a Naturalist Theory of Illness Should be; Thomas Schramme -- PART II: Health, Normativity and Naturalism -- Chapter 6: Contextualizing Medical Norms: Georges Canguilhem?s Surnaturalism; Jonathan Sholl -- Chapter 7: Organizational Malfunctions and the Notions of Health and Disease; Cristian Saborido -- Chapter 8: Biological Organization and Pathology: Three Views on the Normativity of Medicine; Arantza Etxeberria -- PART III: Implications for Healthcare -- Chapter 9: Goals of Medicine; Christopher Boorse -- Chapter 10: From ?Better Than Well? to ?More Than Human?; Jean-Yves Goffi -- Chapter 11: Broadening and Balancing the Goals of Medicine: Battling Disease and Treating the Healthy; Peter Schwartz -- Chapter 12: A Defence of a Holistic Notion of Health; Lennart Nordenfelt. 330 $aIn a series of papers published in the 1970s, Christopher Boorse proposed a naturalist theory of health, mainly based on a value-free concept of ?biological function?, a concept of ?reference class? and the notion of ?statistical normality?. His theory has profoundly shaped the philosophical debates on the concepts of health and disease. It could even be said that the numerous criticisms of his 'biostatistical theory' are at the centre of what is usually referred to as the debate between ?normativists? and ?naturalists?. Today, the predominant naturalist theory of health is still Boorse?s biostatistical theory. This volume offers the first comprehensive review and critical assessment of the nature and status of naturalism in the philosophy of health. It explores the notion of biological normativity and its relevance for the philosophy of health, and it analyses the implications of the philosophical theories of health for healthcare and the debate on health enhancement. In the first section, several contributions identify the kind of ?naturalism? the biostatistical theory belongs to and offer further criticisms or possible modifications, such as the concept of function that is required by this theory, and whether a comparativist approach to health is more relevant than a non-comparativist one. The second section explores natural or biological ?normativity? and some possible accounts of health that could be based on this concept. The third and final section focuses on the implications of naturalism in healthcare. 'Goals of Medicine? is the first paper in which Christopher Boorse ventured toward analysing the implication of his biostatistical theory of health on the practice of medicine, the difficult issue of the goals of medicine and the boundary between treating and enhancing. Other papers in this section critically evaluate Boorse?s account and analyse the importance of a positive concept of health. 410 0$aHistory, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences,$x2211-1956 606 $aBiology$xPhilosophy 606 $aMedicine$xHistory 606 $aMedicine$xPhilosophy 606 $aPhilosophy of Biology 606 $aHistory of Medicine 606 $aPhilosophy of Medicine 615 0$aBiology$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aMedicine$xHistory. 615 0$aMedicine$xPhilosophy. 615 14$aPhilosophy of Biology. 615 24$aHistory of Medicine. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Medicine. 676 $a574.01 702 $aGiroux$b Élodie$4edt$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910255354803321 996 $aNaturalism in the Philosophy of Health$92531038 997 $aUNINA