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S/P/561. Our concept of disease has no social component, but is entirely biological. Discuss

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DATE:
2011
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The paper looks at the biological and ‘value-neutral’ account of disease given by Christopher Boorse in his paper ‘Health as a Theoretical Concept’. Boorse’s biological conception of disease is critically discussed with references to modern philosophers’ views.

 

KEYWORDS: Biological disease, Boorse,