In Defense of an Evolutionary Concept of Health

One of the most controversial contemporary debates on the concept of health is the clash between the views of naturalists and normativists. Ananth both surveys the existing literature, with special focus on the work of Christopher Boorse, and argues that a naturalistic concept of health, drawing on evolutionary considerations associated with biological function, homeostasis, and species-design, is defensible without jettisoning norms in their entirety.

Autorentext
Mahesh Ananth

Inhalt
Contents: Foreword; Preface; Introduction to the concept of health: topic of study: the importance and priority of a concept of health; Boorse's critique of naturalist concepts of health; Boorse's critique of normative concepts of health; The function debate and the emergence of Boorse's concept of function; Boorse's concept of health; Boorse and his critics; An evolutionary concept of health; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.