[What philosophy can say about immunogenicity].
Philosophy can be useful to immunology. Philosophy can help to answer the problem of immunogenicity (the elucidation of the conditions in which an immune response is triggered). A first possible contribution of philosophy is to clarify immunological concepts. A second possible contribution is to offer a historical reconstruction of immunological concepts. A third possible contribution is to suggest theories or theoretical articulations. Immunology probably needs such a collaboration with philosophers.
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Université Paris-Sorbonne Paris IV, UFR de philosophie-sociologie , institut d'histoire et de philosophie des sciences et des techniques, UMR8590, CNRS, université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, ENS, 75005 Paris, France. Thomas.Pradeu@paris-sorbonne.fr
D000486:Allergy and Immunology; D010684:Philosophy