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Nosology and Causal Necessity; The Relation between Defining a Disease and Discovering Its Necessary Cause
Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics: Philosophy of Medical Research and Practice 20 (6):577-588 (1999)
Abstract
The problem of disease definition is related to the problem of proving that a certain agent is the necessary cause of a certain disease. Natural kind terms like 'rheumatoid arthritis' and 'AIDS' refer to essences which are discoverable rather then predeterminate. No statement about such diseases is a priori necessarily true.My notes
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