The Philosophical Foundations of Modern Medicine
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-34829-5 (ISBN)
KEEKOK LEE is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, UK. Her research interests include environmental philosophy, philosophy of technology, and the relationship between the environment and technology from the ontological perspective. Her recent publications include: Philosophy and Genetic Revolutions (2005); Zoos: A Philosophical Tour (2006); Homo Faber: The Unity of the History of Technology and the Philosophy of Technology (2008); Towards Constructing Post-postmodern 21st Century Sciences: The Relevance of Classical Chinese Medicine (forthcoming).
Acknowledgements Introduction PART I Philosophical Foundations Modern Philosophy, Modern Science and Its Methodology Category Volte-face : Organisms for Machines Machines and Reductionism Organism A Machine PART II Human Organism is Machine: MEDICINE Biomedicine: Some Sciences Biomedicine: Some Technologies PART III Nosology: The Monogenic Conception of Disease Linear Causality and the Monogenic Conception of Disease Determining the Cause: Controllability and Random Controlled Trials Epidemiology: 'Cinderella' Status? What Kind of Science Is It Really? Conclusion Notes References and Select Bibliography Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.12.2011 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | VIII, 233 p. |
| Verlagsort | Basingstoke |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik | |
| Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin | |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-230-34829-7 / 0230348297 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-230-34829-5 / 9780230348295 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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