The Fragility of Philosophy of Medicine Essentialism, Wittgenstein and Family Resemblances /

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Autore principale: Karhausen, Lucien (Autore)
Ente Autore: SpringerLink (Online service)
Riassunto:XIV, 214 p. 1 illus.
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Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2023.
Edizione:1st ed. 2023.
Serie:Philosophy and Medicine, 147
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Accesso online:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41633-0
Natura: Elettronico Libro
Sommario:
  • Chapter 1. A Certain Philosophical Context
  • Chapter 2. Wittgenstein’s Toolbox
  • Chapter 3. Medicine
  • Chapter 4. Diseases, Injuries, and Disabilities
  • Chapter 5. Mental Disorders
  • Chapter 6. Unexplained Physical Symptoms and Functional Disorders
  • Chapter 7. Health
  • Chapter 8. Causality
  • Chapter 9. Medical Explanation
  • Chapter 10. The Origins and Foundation of Medicine
  • Chapter 11. Functions, Malfunctions, and Teleology
  • Chapter 12. Treatment, Placebos and Nocebos
  • Chapter 13. Is Medical Grammar Counterfactual?
  • Chapter 14. The Philosophy of Medicine Versus Medicine
  • Chapter 15. To Conclude. .