Choroba – obiektywna anomalia w systemie czy sztuczny konstrukt?

• Authors: Paweł Banaś
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Disease – Objective Disorder of the System or a Theoretical Construct? In this paper I refer to discussion between objectivism and constructivism in relation to the concept of disease. I am presenting the highly objective position of Boorse, pointing to its weakness that generally affects all objectivist theories, especially a problem with an indication of an objective definition of normal body function. In the end – in line with the position of the constructivists – I am questioning the possibility of disease as an objective disorder of normal body function. In the final section I propose an approach to illness, considering it as a useful heuristic in medical practice, describing essentially repetitive state of the body, which is the result of biological processes.

Keywords

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• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Rocznik Kognitywistyczny
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 4

Dates

published

2010

online

2010-07-02

Contributors

author

Paweł Banaś