Phenomenology of Illness

by Havi Carel

Book Overview

The experience of illness is a universal and substantial part of human existence. Like death, illness raises important philosophical issues. But unlike death, illness, and in particular the experience of being ill, has received little philosophical attention. This may be because illness is often understood as a physiological process that falls within the domain of medical science, and is thus outside the purview of philosophy. In Phenomenology of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198822669
• ISBN13: 9780198822660
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"