Attività e Progetti

Medical practice is practiced morality, and clinical research belongs to normative ethics. The present book elucidates and advances this thesis by: 1. analyzing the structure of medical language, knowledge, and theories; 2. inquiring into the foundations of the clinical encounter; 3. introducing...

Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib: nomi sinistri, che evocano scenari di umiliazioni, vessazioni e sevizie nei confronti di detenuti. Sull’onda di queste e altre vicende analoghe, si è aperto un importante dibattito che ruota attorno alla domanda: è legittima e auspicabile la legalizzazione della tortura?...

What counts as health or ill health? How do we deal with the fallibility of our own bodies? Should illness and disease be considered simply in biological terms, or should considerations of its emotional impact dictate our treatment of it? Our understanding of health and illness had become...

A primer in the burgeoning field of philosophy and psychiatry, laying out the essentials for those new to the area in clear, accessible language. Written by a leading figure in the field, and co-author of the Oxford Textbook of Philosophy and Psychiatry. Provides an overview of the key themes...

This volume is a serious attempt to open up the subject of European philosophy of science to real thought, and provide the structural basis for the interdisciplinary development of its specialist fields, but also to provoke reflection on the idea of ‘European philosophy of science’. This efforts...