Naturalism in the philosophy of health: issues and implications
Éditeur :
Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN :
9783319804873
Date de publication :
27 mai 2018
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
In 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’.