Prologue: A Pragmatist Approach to Conceptualization of Health and Disease

Abstract

In this chapter, the research group on the project “Health and disease as practical concepts” set out the main tenets of their research program and discuss the connection of their approach with the classical American pragmatists. In this pragmatic vein, the project seeks to identify, articulate and address problematic situations from clinical practice that involve concepts of health and disease. Some of these problematic situations are briefly described, as they served to inspire the contributions to the edited volume.