Defining disease beyond conceptual analysis: An analysis of conceptual analysis in philosophy of medicine

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 309-325

  Lemoine, Maël ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Conceptual analysis; Definition; Disease; Naturalism; Naturalization; Normativism

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT FORMATION; DISEASES; HEALTH; HUMAN; PHILOSOPHY; ARTICLE;

CONCEPT FORMATION; DISEASE; HEALTH; HUMANS; PHILOSOPHY; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84881152539     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-013-9261-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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