Robert Scott Taylor

Publications

Is the Disease Concept Enough? Redefining Health and Disease Through Conceptual Engineering

Philosophy of Medicine 7(1), 2026 · PhilPapers

In this paper I develop a new account of health and disease, the Bio-Institutional Account, that better serves the purposes of these concepts and better accommodates medically relevant non-dysfunctional conditions.

Works in progress

The Role of Values in Addiction Diagnosis