Defining 'health' and 'disease'

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-227

  Ereshefsky, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disease; Health; Naturalism; Normal function; Normativism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HEALTH; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMANTICS;

CONCEPT FORMATION; DISEASE; HEALTH; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 69249202233     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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