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[Philosophy and health: genealogical and philosophical-conceptual methods]
1Núcleo de Estudos de Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. andremar@nesc.ufrj.br
Abstract:
After a brief review of the relations between philosophy and health, this paper proposes two complementary philosophical methods to be used by Public Health: the philosophical genealogy method and the philosophical-conceptual method. The first method (deconstructive) allows us to denaturalize ideas to which a truth value has customarily been ascribed. The second (constructive) promotes new concepts whose value does not depend on the notion of truth. Both serve the purpose of reflection on concepts used by health policy and practice.
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