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  1. Diseases as natural kinds.Stefan Dragulinescu - 2010 - Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 31 (5):347-369.
    In this paper, I focus on life-threatening medical conditions and argue that from the point of view of natural properties, induction(s), and participation in laws, at least some of the ill organisms dealt with in somatic medicine form natural kinds in the same sense in which the kinds in the exact sciences are thought of as natural. By way of comparing two ‘divisions of nature’, viz., a ‘classical’ exact science kind (gold) and a kind of disease (Graves disease), I show (...)
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  • Is disease a natural kind?Robert D'Amico - 1995 - Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 20 (5):551-569.
    , Lawrie Reznek argues that disease is not a natural kind term. I raise objections to Reznek's two central arguments for establishing that disease is not a natural kind. In criticizing his a priori, conceptual argument against naturalism, I argue that his conclusion rests on a weaker argument that appeals to the empirical diversity in the symptoms and manifestations of disease. I also raise questions about the account of natural kinds which Reznek utilizes and his point that conventions for classification (...)
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  • The concepts of health and disease.H. Tristram Engelhardt - 1975 - In H. Tristram Engelhardt & Stuart F. Spicker (eds.), Evaluation and explanation in the biomedical sciences. Reidel. pp. 125-141.
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  • Krankheit und ärztliches Handeln: zur Funktion des Krankheitsbegriffs in der medizinischen Ethik.Dirk Lanzerath - 2000 - Freiburg: Alber.
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  • Patienten und Personen. Zum Begriff der psychischen Krankheit.Thomas Schramme - 2000 - Fischer Tb-Verlag.
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