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Phenomenology of Illness

Hardcover • 2016 • 1. edition

Phenomenology of Illness

By Havi (University of Bristol) Carel

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About the book

The experience of illness is a universal and substantial part of human existence. Like death, illness raises important philosophical issues. But unlike death, illness, and in particular the experience of being ill, has received little philosophical attention. This may be because illness is often understood as a physiological process that falls within the domain of medical science, and is thus outside the purview of philosophy. In Phenomenology of Illness Havi Carel argues that the experience of ...Show more

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9780199669653

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Oxford University Press

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2016

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Phenomenology of Illness

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Hardcover

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