Stoecker R. Krankheit und Sinn – einige philosophische Unterscheidungen. Ethik in der Medizin. 2021;33:455–466.Definition of the problem Is it meaningful to have a disease?-Apparently, this is an odd question. It is often assumed, however, that diseases can have meaning. Arguments In the article differences in the meaning of the term in question ("Sinn") are distinguished: linguistic meaning, purposes or motives, meaning in a narrative and contributions to the meaning of life. The last two interpretations, in particular, are of utmost importance: acceptance of disease as a part of life and disease as an impetus to reflect on the meaning of one's life as a whole. Conclusions In the latter sense, diseases might help us to lead a more meaningf...
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There is something peculiar, confusing, and troubling about what health educators say and think abou...
It is my purpose in this thesis to explore the "reality" of illness, using philosophical phenomenolo...
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ABSTRACT. It is argued that there is no agreed definition of disease. Purely biological definitions ...
Since Georges Canguilhem's famous essay on the normal and the pathological, first published in 1943,...
Health and disease play an important role in the history of medicine. Both terms are also crucial fo...
In the traditional philosophical debate over different conceptual analyses of "disease," it is often...
International audienceScience starts by using terms such as ‘temperature’ or ‘fish’ or ‘gene’ to pre...
Since Georges Canguilhem's famous essay on the normal and the pathological, first published in 1943,...
International audienceConceptual analysis of health and disease is portrayed as consisting in the co...
Disease and health are conceptual cornerstones of the framework of all medicine. In different times ...
Abstract Disease is a physical dimension which is often responded subjectively by the affected indi...
This paper is adressed to doctors who work with patients who have chronic or incurable disease. For ...
Health, illness and disease are terms that appear to be used interchangeably amongst health professi...
In this paper I will argue that Aristotelian accounts of disease cannot provide us with an adequate ...
There is something peculiar, confusing, and troubling about what health educators say and think abou...
It is my purpose in this thesis to explore the "reality" of illness, using philosophical phenomenolo...