Health and human nature: A naturalist's account of health and normality

The argument between naturalists and normativists about the notions of health, normality and disease has largely revolved around the fact-value distinction and the problem of the place of values in biomedical science. In this essay it is argued that the proper place for a naturalist to begin an investigation of these notions is in biology, and that the fact-value controversy is an inappropriate focus for a naturalist investigating the semantics of health notions. A rigorous naturalist analysis of standards of organismic assessment should begin with the kinds of organismic assessment made in the biological sciences. Perhaps the most fruitful area of discussion regarding organismic assessment is the discussion among ecologists of the classification of symbioses.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Biology, General

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Copeland, Travis Burton

Contributors dc:contributor

• Wallace, James D.

• Biology, General
• Philosophy
• Health Sciences, Medicine and Surgery
• Health Sciences, General

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1996 Copeland, Travis Burton

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

9780591087550
AAI9702490
(UMI)AAI9702490

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23747