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What we argue about when we argue about diseasePhilosophy of Medicine 4 (1): 1-20. 2023.The disease debate in philosophy of medicine has traditionally been billed as a debate over the correct conceptual analysis of the term “disease.” This paper argues that although the debate’s participants overwhelmingly claim to be in the business of conceptual analysis, they do not tend to argue as if this is the case. In particular, they often show a puzzling disregard for key parameters such as precise terminology, linguistic community, and actual usage. This prima facie strange feature of th…Read more
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Mental disorder: An ability-based viewPhilosophy and the Mind Sciences 4. 2023.What is it to have a mental disorder? The paper proposes an ability-based view of mental disorder. It argues that such a view is preferable to biological dysfunction views such as Wakefield’s Harmful Dysfunction Analysis and Boorse’s Biostatistical Theory. According to the proposed view, having a mental disorder is basically a matter of having a certain type of inability (or: an ability that is not sufficiently high): the inability to respond adequately to some of one’s available reasons in some…Read more
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Bielefeld UniversityPost-doctoral Fellow
Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Areas of Interest
Philosophy of Psychology |
Philosophy of Psychiatry and Psychopathology |