The Prototype Resemblance Theory of Disease  

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Sadegh-Zadeh, Kazem

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy vol. 33 no. 2 (Apr. 2008), page 106.
Topik: classical concepts; concept of disease; family resemblance; nonclassical concepts; prototype resemblance; the prototype resemblance theory of disease

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: MM80.20 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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In a previous paper the concept of disease was fuzzy-logically analyzed and a sketch was given of a prototype resemblance theory of disease (Sadegh-Zadeh (2000). J. Med. Philos., 25:605–38). This theory is outlined in the present paper. It demonstrates what it means to say that the concept of disease is a nonclassical one and, therefore, not amenable to traditional methods of inquiry. The theory undertakes a reconstruction of disease as a category that in contradistinction to traditional views is not based on a set of common features of its members, that is individual diseases, but on a few best examples of the category, called its prototypes, and a similarity relationship such that a human condition is considered a disease if it resembles a prototype. It enables new approaches to resolving many of the stubborn problems associated with the concept of disease.

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