PHI 2396 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Objectivist Periodicals
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We need a definition of the concept of disease in order to be ale to define health negatively (as a lack of disease ) Two approaches toward defining disease- objectivist and normative. 1- objectivist : tries to fill the nation of disease within the theoretical framework of modern biological science. We can define disease without appealing to non scientific standards , norms or values. This approach is also known as descriptive approach . Disease is then an impairment deviation from the normal functioning of the body , mal- adaptation, incapacity or dis-functioning . It is upon the biological science to describe successfully normal bodily processes , as well as their deviations. The objectivist approach developed by boorse ignores ordinary language and relies on technical concepts such as biological function. Broose"s definition of disease : ( found in text , course pack ) a type of internal state which is either an impairment of normal environmental .
