Health Problems: Philosophical Puzzles about the Nature of Health

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Elizabeth Barnes (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Virginia)

Health Problems

Philosophical Puzzles about the Nature of Health

Elizabeth Barnes (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University of Virginia)

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English

Oxford University Press
05 October 2023

Social & political philosophy; Medical ethics & professional conduct; Philosophy of science

Health is weird. Health is weird in a way that resists simple explanations or elegant theorizing. This book is a philosophical explanation of that weirdness, and an argument that grappling with the distinctive weirdness of health can give us insight into how we might approach difficult questions about social reality. After examining extant theories of health - and finding them lacking - the book explores some particularly intractable puzzles about the nature of health, places where we often feel pulled in multiple directions or have reason to say conflicting things. On the basis of these puzzles, the book then defends a stance called ameliorative skepticism. Although health is real, there is, on this view, no way of giving a coherent, explanatorily adequate answer to the question

By: Elizabeth Barnes (Professor of Philosophy Professor of Philosophy University of Virginia)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 164mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780192883476
ISBN 10: 019288347X
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 05 October 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Elizabeth Barnes is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. She works on social and feminist philosophy, metaphysics, and ethics, and is especially interested in the areas where these topics overlap. Her book The Minority Body explores the connection between disability and wellbeing, and she's also written on indeterminacy, social construction, and gender.