McKnight C
School of Philosophical Studies, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
J Med Ethics. 2003 Aug;29(4):261-2. doi: 10.1136/jme.29.4.261.
W B Gallie's notion of essentially contested concepts remains of philosophical interest. I argue that medicine is one such concept and look at the consequences of this as regards the inappropriateness of looking for definitions and necessary and sufficient conditions to settle debates about what medicine is and is not.
W·B·加利关于本质上有争议的概念的观点仍具有哲学上的吸引力。我认为医学就是这样一个概念,并探讨了这一观点对于寻求定义以及必要和充分条件来解决关于什么是医学以及什么不是医学的争论的不恰当性所产生的影响。