PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Menopause, Ian Hacking, Dental Caries
11 Sep 2017
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Boorse: argues against normativism. (cid:862)to (cid:272)all a (cid:272)o(cid:374)ditio(cid:374) u(cid:374)healthy is at least i(cid:374) part to (cid:272)o(cid:374)de(cid:373)(cid:374) it(cid:863) Disease a deviation from the normal functioning part of the human body and a condition is a disease does not imply it is bad. Illness a disease that is both undesirable and implies that the person with it is deserving a special - treatmentand diminished moral accountability. Conslusion: even though the definition of an illness may vary, the definition of a disease wil stay the same. Ian hacking: has an issue with what the definition of disease is defined by boorse. Autism to be mental illness related to schizophrenia. He thinks that autism used to be blamed on social cultural factors (refrigerator moms) For instance homosexuality 0 sigmund frued saif that cased having a weak father and a dominant mother. In1972, the american psychological associbation revmoved homosexuality from its list of mental illness.
