In Defense of an Evolutionary Concept of Health: Nature, Norms, and Human Biology

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In responding to this debate, Ananth both surveys the existing literature, with special focus on the work of Christopher Boorse, and argues that a naturalistic ...

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Mahesh Ananth
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