Raburn, Ilana (2024) Intrinsic Kinds in Internal Medicine. Philosophy of Medicine, 5 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 2692-3963

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Abstract

What do we mean when we diagnose a patient with a disease? What does it mean to say that two people have the same disease? In this paper, I argue that diseases are natural kinds, using a conception of kinds derived from John Stuart Mill and Ruth Millikan. I demonstrate that each disease is a natural kind and that the shared properties occur as a result of the pathogenesis of the disease. I illustrate this with diverse examples from internal medicine and compare my account to alternative ontologies.

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Item Type:	Published Article or Volume
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Raburn, Ilana ilana.raburn@kcl.ac.uk 0009-0001-4762-8298
Keywords:	Disease Internal medicine Intrinsic kinds Pathogenesis
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Medicine
Depositing User:	Professor Alex Broadbent
Date Deposited:	06 Nov 2024 13:20
Last Modified:	06 Nov 2024 13:20
Item ID:	24175
Journal or Publication Title:	Philosophy of Medicine
Publisher:	University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
Official URL:	https://philmed.pitt.edu/philmed/article/view/189
DOI or Unique Handle:	10.5195/pom.2024.189
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Medicine
Date:	1 November 2024
Page Range:	pp. 1-18
Volume:	5
Number:	1
ISSN:	2692-3963
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24175

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