Le Normal et le pathologique
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Le Normal et le pathologique is a seminal philosophical and historical study of medicine in which Georges Canguilhem analyzes how concepts of normality and pathology are constructed and transformed in biological and clinical practice.
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Target entity: Le Normal et le pathologique Context triple: [Georges Canguilhem, notableWork, Le Normal et le pathologique]
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Le Souci de soi
Le Souci de soi is Michel Foucault’s third volume of *The History of Sexuality*, in which he analyzes how individuals in Greco-Roman antiquity fashioned an ethical relationship to themselves through practices of self-care.
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La structure du comportement
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Études de mœurs
Études de mœurs is a major section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together works depicting the manners, morals, and social behaviors of French society in the 19th century.
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Thérèse Raquin
Thérèse Raquin is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores adultery, murder, and psychological torment in 19th-century Paris.
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Études sur la nature humaine
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Target entity: Le Normal et le pathologique Target entity description: Le Normal et le pathologique is a seminal philosophical and historical study of medicine in which Georges Canguilhem analyzes how concepts of normality and pathology are constructed and transformed in biological and clinical practice.
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A.
Le Souci de soi
Le Souci de soi is Michel Foucault’s third volume of *The History of Sexuality*, in which he analyzes how individuals in Greco-Roman antiquity fashioned an ethical relationship to themselves through practices of self-care.
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B.
La structure du comportement
La structure du comportement is a 1942 philosophical work by Maurice Merleau-Ponty that critically examines behaviorist and reflex-based psychology to develop a phenomenological account of human behavior and perception.
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C.
Études de mœurs
Études de mœurs is a major section of Honoré de Balzac’s La Comédie humaine that groups together works depicting the manners, morals, and social behaviors of French society in the 19th century.
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D.
Thérèse Raquin
Thérèse Raquin is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that explores adultery, murder, and psychological torment in 19th-century Paris.
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E.
Études sur la nature humaine
Études sur la nature humaine is a philosophical and scientific work by immunologist Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov in which he explores human nature, aging, and the possibility of prolonging life.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
book
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historical study of medicine ⓘ |
| argues |
normality is a normative concept, not purely statistical
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pathological is a modification of the normal rather than its simple negation ⓘ |
| author | Georges Canguilhem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| examines |
construction of medical concepts
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historical transformation of biological concepts ⓘ normativity in life sciences ⓘ relationship between normal and pathological states ⓘ |
| field |
epistemology of medicine
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philosophy of science ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
biological regulation
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clinical practice ⓘ medical diagnosis ⓘ medical normativity ⓘ |
| genre | non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTitle | The Normal and the Pathological NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Louis Althusser
NERFINISHED
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Michel Foucault NERFINISHED ⓘ contemporary philosophy of medicine ⓘ philosophy of biology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Auguste Comte
NERFINISHED
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Claude Bernard NERFINISHED ⓘ Henri Bergson NERFINISHED ⓘ Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
biology
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clinical practice ⓘ concept of normality ⓘ concept of pathology ⓘ history of medicine ⓘ philosophy of medicine ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of statistical concept of normality
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influence on French philosophy of science ⓘ introduction of concept of biological normativity ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Le Normal et le pathologique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
French epistemology
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historical epistemology ⓘ |
| publisher | Presses Universitaires de France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriodDiscussed |
19th century medicine
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early 20th century medicine ⓘ |
| usedIn |
bioethics
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history and philosophy of science curricula ⓘ medical humanities ⓘ |
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Subject: Le Normal et le pathologique Description of subject: Le Normal et le pathologique is a seminal philosophical and historical study of medicine in which Georges Canguilhem analyzes how concepts of normality and pathology are constructed and transformed in biological and clinical practice.
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