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Medicine & Philosophy: A Twenty-first Century Introduction - Couverture souple

Johansson, Ingvar; Lynøe, Niels

 
9783110321050: Medicine & Philosophy: A Twenty-first Century Introduction
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 311032105X ISBN 13 : 9783110321050
Editeur : De Gruyter, 2008

Synopsis

This textbook introduces the reader to basic problems in the philosophy of science and ethics, mainly by means of examples from medicine. It is based on the conviction that philosophy, medical science, medical informatics, and medical ethics are overlapping disciplines. It claims that the philosophical lessons to learn from the twentieth century are not that nature is a 'social construction' and that 'anything goes' with respect to methodological and moral rules. Instead, it claims that there is scientific knowledge, but that it is never completely secure; that there are norms, but that they are situation-bound; and that, therefore, it makes good sense to search for scientific truths and try to act in a morally decent way. Using philosophical catchwords, the authors advocate 'fallibilism' and 'particularism'; a combination that might be called 'pragmatic realism'.

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Éditeur
De Gruyter
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
311032105X
ISBN 13 
9783110321050
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
475
Coordonnées du fabricant
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