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2025-08-13
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Cambridge University Press
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The range of putatively medical animal practices varies widely both functionally and mechanistically. In this paper, we argue that the definitions of medicine available in the empirical literature are inadequate for distinguishing genuinely medical practices from other adaptive behaviours. We aim to improve this conceptual landscape by proposing a definition that incorporates both cognitive and functional requirements, enabling finer-grained distinctions across species and behaviours. We apply our definition to the evidence and determine which animal behaviours show a mere difference of degree with paradigmatic medical practices—and should be seen as medicine—and which should be excluded from this nomenclature.
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Esta es la versión aceptada para su publicación en Philosophy of Science. 2025:1-29. La versión final publicada estará disponible en https://doi.org/10.1017/psa.2025.10099.
This is the accepted version for publication in Philosophy of Science. 2025:1-29. The final published version will be available at https://doi.org/10.1017/psa.2025.10099.
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Monsó S, Saborido C. Animal Medicine. Philosophy of Science. 2025:1-29. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/psa.2025.10099
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Facultad de Filosofía
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Lógica, Historia y Filosofía de la Ciencia