Explaining Disease: Philosophical Reflections on Medical Research and Clinical Practice

AvRaffaella Campaner

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

Del i serien European Studies in Philosophy of Science

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Beskrivning

This interdisciplinary monograph in philosophy of medicine examines models of explanation in health science and their relation with current medical trends, such as personalized and person-centered medicine.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-08-10
Mått:155 x 235 x 17 mm
Vikt:527 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:European Studies in Philosophy of Science
Antal sidor:205
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031058820

Utforska kategorier

Medicin: allmänt inom Medicin
Medicinsk etik och läkaretik inom Medicin
Filosofi inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Raffaella Campaner is Full Professor of Philosophy of Science at the Department of Philosophy and Communication Studies of the University of Bologna. She has worked extensively in philosophy of medicine, publishing a number of contributions in journals and collected volumes, as well as a previous monograph (Philosophy of Medicine. Causality, Evidence and Explanation, 2012). Her research interests include causation, mechanism, scientific explanation and different kinds of pluralism. She is currently working on epistemological issues in modeling complex diseases, and on approaches to explanation of mental disorders.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction.- Chapter 1: Explananda, explanantia, and explanatory relations.- Chapter 2: Varieties of causal explanation.- Chapter 3: What mechanisms can and cannot do.- Chapter 4: Functions and functional explanations.- Chapter 5: What role for non-causal explanations?Chapter 6: Modeling diseases, explaining the diseased.- Chapter 7: Describing, classifying and explaining.- Chapter 8: Will we all be pluralists?.- Chapter 9: A tentative agenda.