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- Nordenfelt, Lennart, 1945-
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Action, Ability and Health : Essays in the Philosophy of Action and Welfare
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Bok (refereegranskat)abstract
- Contributes to the general philosophy of action and the philosophy of welfare. This book explores and substantiates the idea of a strong interdependence between the concept of action and some of the central concepts of welfare, in particular health and illness and related concepts.
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- Nordenfelt, Lennart, 1945-
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Animal and human health and welfare : a comparative philosophical analysis
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- For many years, scientists within human and animal science have extensively studied the philosophy of medicine, but never have both sides communicated with each other on the concepts of health, quality of life and welfare. This book aims to help clarify the difficult but central notions of health and welfare by comparing the human and animal variants of these concepts. Split into three parts, this book starts by presenting a background of some of the major theories of human health and welfare, among these are bio-statistical theory, classical theories such as Aristotle and Bentham, as well as objectivist and subjectivist contemporary theories. This is followed by a detailed discussion of theories on animal welfare and health; these include coping, feeling and preference theories. The final part of the book tests a comprehensive conceptual framework of a holistic kind, which focuses on the individual's ability to achieve their vital goals. This book will be of significant interest to students, researchers and debaters of animal ethics and welfare.
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- Nordenfelt, Lennart, 1945-
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Five studies in action theory
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The essays presented in this collection were written over a long period. The first two : "On the Classification of Verbs and Actions" and "On von Wright's Theory of Action" constitute steps in my preparation for the book Events, Actions, and Ordinary Language, Lund 1977. Much of the contents of the former paper was carried over to the book, whereas the analyses in the latter paper were more or less completely left out. These papers have not been published before ."On Various Forms of Interaction" is a development of soroe ideas in Events, Actions, and Ordinary Language. This paper was previously published in Swedish in Henschen-Dahlqvist A-M ed. Filosofiska smulor, Festskrift tillägnad Kon rad Marc- Wogau på hans 75-årsdag, Uppsala 1977."Action- Explanations Reconsidered" was wri t ten in 1981 and has not been previously published . It is a short presentation of a basic idea in my dissertation Explanation of Human Actions, Uppsala 1974, as well as a commentary on sorne criticisrns that could be (and partly have been) directed against it ."On Not Being Able To Act", finally, is a slightly modified version of a paper previously published in Pauli T. ed <320311>, Philosophical essays dedicated to Lennart Åqvist on his fiftieth birthday, Uppsala 1982. The analysis sketched in this paper has been more fully developed in my Disabilities and Their Classification, Linköping 1983.
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- Nordenfelt, Lennart, 1945-
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Health Science and Ordinary Language
- 2001
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- This book is a contribution to the current philosophical discussion on the nature of health and illness. It contains a comparative analysis and reevaluation of four influential contemporary theories in this field. These are the biostatistical theory of Christopher Boorse which represents the mainstream thinking in medicine, and three versions of a holistic and normative understanding of health and illness which are the theories of Lawrie Reznek, K. W. M.
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- Nordenfelt, Lennart, 1945-
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Livskvalitet och hälsa : Teori och kritik
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Bok (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Denna bok har skrivits parallellt i två olika former, dels som en akademisk avhandling på engelska, dels som en mer populariserad bok på svenska. De analyser som ligger till grund för bokens framställning om lycka och livskvalitet samt mätningen av dessa företeelser utfördes huvudsakligen under min vistelse i Edinburgh, Skottland, våren 1989. Jag är tack skyldig till The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities som erbjöd mig forskarplats under denna period. Jag är också tacksam för de inspirerande samtal om livskvalitet och lycka som jag där hade med professor Timothy Spigge och Dr. Elizabeth Telfer. Dr Telfers egen avhandling Happiness (1989) är kanske den enskilda skrift som mest påverkat mitt eget synsätt i dessa frågor.Den grundsyn på hälsa och sjukdom som presenteras i denna bok finns mera utförligt redovisad i mitt arbete On the Nature of Health (1987). Texten i kapitel 1 utgör en bearbetning av min tidigare uppsats: Livskvalitet, en studie av ett begrepp, som publiceras i boken Häsa och värde (1991).Liksom i mina tidigare större projekt har jag fått stöd och många kloka synpunkter från professor Ingmar Pörn, Helsingfors. Två danska experter, Erik Ostenfeld och Anton Aggernaes, har givit mig flera värdefulla synpunkter. Jag tackar också mina kollegor på Tema Hälsa och sjukvården i samhället i Linköping för att de hjälpt mig förbi flera av de blindskär som det är så lätt att kollidera med i en framställning som denna. Jag vill särskilt framhålla Bo Petersson, Ingmar Nordin och Per-Erik Liss som läst och kommenterat hela mitt manuskript.Linköping i juni 1991Lennart Noredenfelt
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