TY - BOOK ID - 3040516 TI - Establishing medical reality : essays in the metaphysics and epistemology of biomedical science AU - Kincaid, Harold AU - McKitrick, Jennifer. PY - 2007 VL - 90 SN - 1280938048 9786610938049 1402052162 PB - Dordrecht : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Medicine KW - Medical logic. KW - Diseases. KW - Philosophy. KW - Medical logic KW - Human beings KW - Illness KW - Illnesses KW - Morbidity KW - Sickness KW - Sicknesses KW - Epidemiology KW - Health KW - Pathology KW - Sick KW - Clinical reasoning KW - Logic, Medical KW - Medical reasoning KW - Diagnosis KW - Diseases KW - Philosophy KW - Medicine. KW - Science KW - Medicine-Philosophy. KW - Metaphysics. KW - Social sciences KW - Medicine/Public Health, general. KW - Philosophy of Science. KW - Philosophy of Medicine. KW - Philosophy of the Social Sciences. KW - Social philosophy KW - Social theory KW - God KW - Ontology KW - Philosophy of mind KW - Normal science KW - Philosophy of science KW - Clinical sciences KW - Medical profession KW - Human biology KW - Life sciences KW - Medical sciences KW - Physicians KW - Health Workforce KW - Philosophy and science. KW - Medicine—Philosophy. KW - Philosophy and social sciences. KW - Social sciences and philosophy KW - Science and philosophy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3040516 AB - Medicine raises numerous philosophical issues. Most discussed have been debates in bioethics. Yet contemporary medicine is also a rich source of controversies and examples that raise important issues in philosophy of science, philosophy of biology, and metaphysics. This volume approaches the philosophy of medicine from the broad naturalist perspective that holds that philosophy must be continuous with, constrained by, and relevant to empirical results of the natural and social sciences and that believes that the history, sociology, politics, and ethics of science provide relevant information for philosophical analysis. One traditional topic covered by several of the contributions is the nature of disease, but the approach is largely from the philosophy of science rather than traditional linguistic analysis. The complex interplay of epistemological and sociological factors in producing evidence in medicine is discussed by chapters on collective medical discussion making, experimental medicine, " genetic" diseases, mental illness, and race and gender categories. The upshot is a volume that ties medicine to contemporary issues in philosophy of science and metaphysics like no other. ‘…An excellent collection of essays in the philosophy of medicine. Whereas most philosophical work about medicine has been concerned with medical ethics, this volume focuses more on key questions in epistemology and metaphysics, although many of these are also relevant to ethical issues. Some of the chapters are among the best I have read in the philosophy of medicine on their respective topics.’ Professor Paul Thagard, Philosophy Department, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. ER -