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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instanceOf book
historical study of medicine
argues normality is a normative concept, not purely statistical
pathological is a modification of the normal rather than its simple negation
author Georges Canguilhem NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
examines construction of medical concepts
historical transformation of biological concepts
normativity in life sciences
relationship between normal and pathological states
field epistemology of medicine
philosophy of science
focusesOn biological regulation
clinical practice
medical diagnosis
medical normativity
genre non-fiction
hasEnglishTitle The Normal and the Pathological NERFINISHED
influenced Louis Althusser NERFINISHED
Michel Foucault NERFINISHED
contemporary philosophy of medicine
philosophy of biology
influencedBy Auguste Comte NERFINISHED
Claude Bernard NERFINISHED
Henri Bergson NERFINISHED
Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED
language French
mainSubject biology
clinical practice
concept of normality
concept of pathology
history of medicine
philosophy of medicine
notableFor critique of statistical concept of normality
influence on French philosophy of science
introduction of concept of biological normativity
originalTitle Le Normal et le pathologique NERFINISHED
philosophicalTradition French epistemology
historical epistemology
publisher Presses Universitaires de France NERFINISHED
timePeriodDiscussed 19th century medicine
early 20th century medicine
usedIn bioethics
history and philosophy of science curricula
medical humanities

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Georges Canguilhem notableWork Le Normal et le pathologique