Is it possible to give naturalistic (e.g. biological) definitions of disease and health? Why is it important to think about what constitutes disease and health?

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One Required reading: concepts of health

Additional reading:
Boorse, Christopher (1977) Health as a theoretical concept Philosophy of Science 44: 54273. http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/288768

Rachel Cooper (2002) Disease Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 33: 263-282. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0039368102000183

Carel, Havi (2006) Can I be Ill and Happy? Philosophia 35: 95-110. http://www.springerlink.com/content/6246685672j455g1/

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