Economics of Convention Meets Canguilhem

Abstract: The neopragmatist institutionalist approach of economics of convention (in short EC) still is in need of a conception of health that enables EC to work out a critical standpoint in the analysis of health care institutions. French historical epistemology is an early critique of Comtian positivism in the philosophy of science. The work of the historical epistemologist Georges Canguilhem is the most important approach for a non-reductionist, pluralist conception of health and for the anti-positivist critique of medical concepts of the "normal." This critique has become an influential basis for the critical analysis of quantification in health care. Canguilhem introduced the notions of biological normativity and social normativity, which govern the relation of organisms and their milieus and can be regarded as original sources for value and normative orders. In this contribution, the anti-positivist critique of Canguilhem is presented. Then the link between scientific concepts, knowled

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Economics of Convention Meets Canguilhem ; volume:46 ; number:1 ; year:2021 ; pages:285-311 ; Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; Historical social research ; 46, Heft 1 (2021), 285-311

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2021
• Creator: Diaz-Bone, Rainer

Further information

• DOI: 10.12759/hsr.46.2021.1.285-311
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022091208190751396572
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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