Establishing Medical Reality: Essays in the Metaphysics and Epistemology of Biomedical Science

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Topics include: normality, disease and enhancement; holistic theories of health as applicable to non-human beings; disease and supervenience; defining "disease;" race and scientifi c reduction; genetic disease; why disease persists; creating mental illness in non-disordered community populations; gender identity disorder; clinical trials as nomological machines; social epistemology of NIH consensus conferences; maternal agency and the immunological paradox of pregnancy; violence and public health; taking equipoise seriously. Indexed. Show more