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Scientific claims are constitutive of common sense about health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 2019

Nada Gligorov
Nada Gligorov*
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The Bioethics Program, Department of Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029. nada.gligorov@mssm.eduhttps://www.mountsinai.org/profiles/nada-gligorov
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Abstract

Endorsing the view that commonsense conceptions are shaped by scientific claims provides an explanation for why microbiota-gut-brain (MGB) research might become incorporated into commonsense notions of health. But scientific claims also shape notions of personal identity, which accounts for why they can become entrenched in common sense even after they have been refuted by science.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e71
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