MEFISTO. Journal of Medicine, Philosophy, and History

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Vol. 9 No. 1 (2025)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.4454/mefisto.9-1

Published: 2025-10-24

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Essays

“Mad” Disease, Martian Diseases, and Modernism

Shane N. Glackin
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Computing Akrasia: Toward a New Framework for Understanding Addiction

Giulia Santelli
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Focus

Introduction

Claudio Davini, Stefano Canali
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Boundary object and pragmatism in the philosophy of medicine The case of ALS-disease or ALS-syndrome debate

Anne Fenoy
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A risk-informed concept of disease a tool for medicine

Sloane Wesloh
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Medicalisation, de-medicalisation and stigma an investigation into the ethical purposes of disease designation

Mary Jean Walker, Wendy Rogers
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Pathologising pregnancy The consequences of medicalisation and the call for a balanced approach to perinatal care

Noemi Paciscopi, Cristina Ganz, Mara Floris
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Pragmatism, phenomenology, and the concept of health in physiotherapy

Federica Bucci
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Enactive psychiatry A pragmatic and pluralistic approach to mental health and disease

Alessandra Civani
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The Acute Stroke as Disease Concept, 1960-2015: A Historical Analysis

Michael Shamy, Frank Stahnisch, Brian Dewar, Mark Fedyk
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Reviews and Reports

Reviews - issue 9 1/2025
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