Fragility of Philosophy of Medicine

Essentialism, Wittgenstein and Family Resemblances

AvLucien Karhausen

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

This book about philosophy of medicine bestows a bottom-up and not a top-down approach. In the light of Ludwig Wittgenstein's philosophy, this book proposes an approach to the philosophy of medicine based on the quorum of language, what Wittgenstein calls family resemblances.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-09-22
Mått:155 x 235 x 13 mm
Vikt:353 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Philosophy and Medicine
Antal sidor:214
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031416354

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Lucien Karhausen graduated in medicine, from Brussels' Free University. he subsequently trained for five years in internal medicine at Memorial Hospital, Cornell Medical school in New York. Furthermore, he took a master's degree in epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. Back in Belgium, he organized a a course on epidemiology for WHO's European Office . He was engaged by the European Commission in a radiation protection programme and became involved in the development of European medical research. He wrote several books in French on philosophical aspects of medicine.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. A Certain Philosophical Context.- Chapter 2. Wittgenstein’s Toolbox.- Chapter 3. Medicine.- Chapter 4. Diseases, Injuries, and Disabilities.- Chapter 5. Mental Disorders.- Chapter 6. Unexplained Physical Symptoms and Functional Disorders.- Chapter 7. Health.- Chapter 8. Causality.- Chapter 9. Medical Explanation.- Chapter 10. The Origins and Foundation of Medicine.- Chapter 11. Functions, Malfunctions, and Teleology.- Chapter 12. Treatment, Placebos and Nocebos.- Chapter 13. Is Medical Grammar Counterfactual?.- Chapter 14. The Philosophy of Medicine Versus Medicine.- Chapter 15. To Conclude.