Philosophy of Medicine and Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic was a world event on our intellectual doorstep. What were our duties to respond, and how well did we respond? We published papers, but we did not engage extensively or influentially in public debate. Perhaps we felt we were not experts. Yet in a health crisis, philosophers of m...
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| description | The Covid-19 pandemic was a world event on our intellectual doorstep. What were our duties to respond, and how well did we respond? We published papers, but we did not engage extensively or influentially in public debate. Perhaps we felt we were not experts. Yet in a health crisis, philosophers of medicine can offer not only “conceptual clarification,” but also domain-specific knowledge concerning structural properties of relevant sciences and their social-political uses. I set out three conditions for the kind of contribution I felt was lacking: public, critical, and timely. And I call for us to do more of it. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbfdcf4a80704f85ad151c40af856c9e2022-12-22T03:54:04ZengUniversity Library System, University of PittsburghPhilosophy of Medicine2692-39632022-12-013110.5195/pom.2022.143Philosophy of Medicine and Covid-19Alex Broadbent0Department of Philosophy, Durham University, Durham, UK; Department of Philosophy, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South AfricaThe Covid-19 pandemic was a world event on our intellectual doorstep. What were our duties to respond, and how well did we respond? We published papers, but we did not engage extensively or influentially in public debate. Perhaps we felt we were not experts. Yet in a health crisis, philosophers of medicine can offer not only “conceptual clarification,” but also domain-specific knowledge concerning structural properties of relevant sciences and their social-political uses. I set out three conditions for the kind of contribution I felt was lacking: public, critical, and timely. And I call for us to do more of it.https://philmed.pitt.edu/philmed/article/view/143Covid 19philosophy of medicinephilosophy of epidemiology |
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| title | Philosophy of Medicine and Covid-19 |
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| title_short | Philosophy of Medicine and Covid-19 |
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| topic | Covid 19 philosophy of medicine philosophy of epidemiology |
| url | https://philmed.pitt.edu/philmed/article/view/143 |
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