User:MaynardClark/Christopher Boorse

Christopher Boorse is a philosopher of medicine who has written on the philosophical concepts of health and disease. A symposium “Christopher Boorse and the Philosophy of Medicine” was held at the University of Hamburg in 2012, celebrating Boorse’s contribution to the development of what is now a vibrant area of research, especially to the theory of disease, a several of the core papers were published in an issue of The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy.

Account for health and disease
What must an account of health and disease provides for us? Must every understanding of health and disease be consistent with what are currently considered to be important aspects of medical practice?

Selected bibliography

 * 1977. Boorse, C. Health as a theoretical concept. Philosophy of Science 44(4):542-573 (1977).
 * 1997. Boorse, C. A rebuttal on health. in What Is Disease? J.M. Humber and R.F. Almeder, eds, pp. 1-134. Humana Press 1997
 * 2002. Boorse, C. A rebuttal on functions. In A. Ariew, R. Cummins, and M. Perlman, eds, Functions, eds. 63-112.
 * 2010. Boorse, C. Disability and medical theory. In, D.C. Ralston and J. Ho, eds, Philosophical Reflections on Disability Springer
 * 2011. Boorse, C. Concepts of health and disease. In F. Gifford, ed., Handbook of the Philosophy of Science, vol. 16: Philosophy of Medicine. 13–64.

External references

 * Schramme, T. Christopher Boorse and the Philosophy of Medicine. J Med Philos (2014) 39 (6): 565-571.doi: 10.1093/jmp/jhu041