Health and Disease - Experimental Philosophy of Medicine

The concepts of health and disease are fundamental to medical research, healthcare, and public health, and philosophers have long sought to clarify their meaning and implications. Increasingly, it is suggested that progress in this area could be advanced by integrating empirical methods with philosophical reflection. This Element explores the emerging field of experimental philosophy of medicine (XPhiMed), which takes this approach by applying empirical methods to longstanding philosophical debates. It begins with an overview of the philosophical debates and their methodological challenges, followed by an exploration of experimental findings on health, disease, and disorder, along with their implications for philosophy and other fields.

List of contents

Brief Introduction; 1. Philosophy of health and disease: issues and methods; 2. Health; 3. Disease and dysfunction; 4. XPhiMed: insights and future prospects; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew James Latham, Machery Edouard, Somogy Varga, Somogy (Aarhus University) Latham Varga
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 31.12.2025
• EAN: 9781009673709
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0967370-9
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Biology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy of Science, Public health & preventive medicine, Ethical issues: scientific & technological developments, Social medicine, Medical and health informatics, Medical bioinformatics