Saborido Alejandro, CristianZamora Bonilla, Jesús Pedro2025-02-102025-02-102024-02-02Saborido, C., Zamora-Bonilla, J. Diseases as social problems. Synthese 203, 56 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04468-w1573-0964https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04468-whttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/25880The registered version of this article, first published in Synthese , is available online at the publisher's website: Springer Nature, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04468-wLa versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en Synthese , está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Springer Nature, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-023-04468-wIn this paper we articulate a characterization of the concept of disease as a social problem. We argue that, from a social ontology point of view, diseases are problems that are identified and addressed within the framework of concrete social institutions and practices (those that shape medicine). This approach allows us to overcome the classical distinction between naturalist and normativist approaches in the philosophy of medicine, taking into account both the material and the symbolic factors that shape the categories and determine the practices of medicine.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess11 Lógica72 Filosofía::7205 Filosofía de la Cienciaartículodiseasephilosophy of medicinesocial ontologysocial problem