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  • The DSM-5 in Perspective

    Philosophical Reflections on the Psychiatric Babel

    Edited by Patrick Singy, Steeves Demazeux ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Since its third edition in 1980, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association has acquired a hegemonic role in the health care professions and has had a broad impact on the lay public. The publication in May 2013 of its fifth edition, the DSM-5, marked the latest milestone in the history of the DSM and of American psychiatry. In The DSM-5 ... Read more

    $116.09 USD

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  • Classification, Disease and Evidence

    New Essays in the Philosophy of Medicine

    Edited by Philippe Huneman, Gérard Lambert, Marc Silberstein ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This anthology of essays presents a sample of studies from recent philosophy of medicine addressing issues which attempt to answer very general (interdependent) questions: (a) what is a disease and what is health? (b) How do we (causally) explain diseases? (c) And how do we distinguish diseases, i.e. define classes of diseases and recognize that an instance X of disease belongs to a given class B? ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Diagnosis: Philosophical and Medical Perspectives

    by N. Laor, J. Agassi ...
    Series Book 15 - Episteme
    GENERAL The term "diagnostics" refers to the general theory of diagnosis, not to the study of specific diagnoses but to their general framework. It borrows from different sciences and from different philosophies. Traditionally, the general framework of diagnostics was not distinguished from the framework of medicine. It was not taught in special courses in any systematic way; it was not accorded ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Francis Bacon on Motion and Power

    Edited by Guido Giglioni, James A.T. Lancaster, Sorana Corneanu, Dana Jalobeanu ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book offers a comprehensive and unitary study of the philosophy of Francis Bacon, with special emphasis on the medical, ethical and political aspects of his thought. It presents an original interpretation focused on the material conditions of nature and human life. In particular, coverage in the book is organized around the unifying theme of Bacon’s notion of appetite, which is considered in ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Moral Responsibility

    Beyond Free Will and Determinism

    Edited by Nicole A. Vincent, Ibo van de Poel, Jeroen van den Hoven ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    It is well over a decade since John Fischer and Mark Ravizza – and before them, Jay Wallace and Daniel Dennett – defended responsibility from the threat of determinism. But defending responsibility from determinism is a potentially endless and largely negative enterprise; it can go on for as long as dissenting voices remain, and although such work strengthens the theoretical foundations of these ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Bioethical Decision Making and Argumentation

    Edited by José-Antonio Seoane, Pedro Serna ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book clarifies the meaning of the most important and pervasive concepts and tools in bioethical argumentation (principles, values, dignity, rights, duties, deliberation, prudence) and assesses the methodological suitability of the main methods for clinical decision-making and argumentation. The first part of the book is devoted to the most developed or promising approaches regarding ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • A Critical Overview of Biological Functions

    by Justin Garson ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book is a critical survey of and guidebook to the literature on biological functions. It ties in with current debates and developments, and at the same time, it looks back on the state of discourse in naturalized teleology prior to the 1970s. It also presents three significant new proposals. First, it describes the generalized selected effects theory, which is one version of the selected ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Naturalism in the Philosophy of Health

    Issues and Implications

    Edited by Élodie Giroux ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    In a series of papers published in the 1970s, Christopher Boorse proposed a naturalist theory of health, mainly based on a value-free concept of ‘biological function’, a concept of ‘reference class’ and the notion of ‘statistical normality’. His theory has profoundly shaped the philosophical debates on the concepts of health and disease. It could even be said that the numerous criticisms of his ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Patenting Nanomedicines

    Legal Aspects, Intellectual Property and Grant Opportunities

    Edited by Eliana B. Souto ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    “Patenting Nanomedicines: Legal Aspects, Intellectual Property and Grant Opportunities” focusses on the fundamental aspects of Patenting Nanomedicines applied in different “Drug Delivery and Targeting Systems”. The promoters of new findings in this field of research are numerous and spread worldwide; therefore, managing intellectual property portfolios, and the acquisition and exploitation of new ... Read more

    $98.09 USD

  • Pragmatist Ethics for a Technological Culture

    Edited by Michiel Korthals, T.E. Swierstra, F.W. Jozef Keulartz, M. Schermer ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Our technological culture has an extremely dynamic character: old ways of reproducing ourselves, managing nature and keeping animals are continually replaced by new ones; norms and values with respect to our bodies, food production, health care and environmental protection are regularly being put up for discussion. This constantly confronts us with new moral problems and dilemmas. In discussion ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Neuroethics and the Scientific Revision of Common Sense

    by Nada Gligorov ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book is focused on the examination of the particular relationship between developments in neuroscience and commonsense concepts, such as free will, personal identity, privacy, etc., which feature prominently in moral discourse. In the book common sense is recast as an ever-shifting repository of theories from many domains, including science. Utilizing this alternative characterization of ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • The Hand

    Perception, Cognition, Action

    Edited by Marta Bertolaso, Nicola Di Stefano ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Drawing on shared research experiences and collaborative projects, this book offers a broad and timely perspective on research on the hand and its current challenges. It especially emphasizes the interdisciplinary context in which researchers need to be trained in contemporary science. From language to psychology, from neurology to the social sciences, and from art to philosophy and religion, the ... Read more

    $49.49 USD