Clarke, B;
(2016)
Discovery in Medicine.
In: Solomon, M and Simon, JR and Kincaid, H, (eds.)
The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Medicine.
(pp. 285-295).
Routledge: New York, NY, USA.
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Abstract
In this chapter, I discuss the discovery of McArdle disease. I then use two philosophical account of discovery – one by Thomas Kuhn, the other by Norwood Hanson – to argue against the idea that discovery is merely a psychological phenomenon.
Type: | Book chapter |
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Title: | Discovery in Medicine |
ISBN-13: | 9781138846791 |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.4324/9781315720739.ch26 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315720739.ch26 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
Keywords: | Discovery, McArdle, Medicine, Kuhn, Hanson |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Science and Technology Studies |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1529294 |
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