On the Nature of Health: An Action-Theoretic Approach

by Lennart Nordenfelt

Book Overview

GENERAL INTRODUCTION This study of the concept of health is an attempt to combine central ideas in modern philosophy of medicine with certain results from analytical action theory. What emerges from the study is a concept 'of health based on an action-theoretic foundation. A person's health is characterized as his ability to achieve his vital goals. The general conception is not new. This study has been inspired by a number of scholars, both ancient...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792334701
• ISBN13: 9780792334705
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"