The Philosophical Foundations of Modern Medicine

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

   PDF

2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Keekok Lee

      Pages 1-4

3. Philosophy and Science

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5

      PDF

   2. Philosophical Foundations

      • Keekok Lee

      Pages 7-15

   3. Modern Philosophy, Modern Science and Its Methodology

      • Keekok Lee

      Pages 16-21

   4. Category Volte- face: Organisms for Machines

      • Keekok Lee

      Pages 22-40

   5. Machines and Reductionism

      • Keekok Lee

      Pages 41-46

   6. Organism a Machine

      • Keekok Lee

      Pages 47-59

4. Philosophy and Medicine

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61

      PDF

   2. Human Organism is Machine: MEDICINE

      • Keekok Lee

      Pages 63-69

   3. Biomedicine: Some Sciences

      • Keekok Lee

      Pages 70-84

   4. Biomedicine: Some Technologies

      • Keekok Lee

      Pages 85-112

5. Causality and Disease

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113

      PDF

   2. Nosology: The Monogenic Conception of Disease

      • Keekok Lee

      Pages 115-131

   3. Linear Causality and the Monogenic Conception of Disease

      • Keekok Lee

      Pages 132-140

   4. Determining “the Cause”: Controllability and Random Controlled Trials

      • Keekok Lee

      Pages 141-157

   5. Epidemiology: “Cinderella” Status? What kind of science is it really?

      • Keekok Lee

      Pages 158-174

   6. Conclusion

      • Keekok Lee

      Pages 175-177

6. Back Matter

   Pages 178-233

   PDF

An exploration of the philosophical foundation of modern medicine which explains why such a medicine possesses the characteristics it does and where precisely its strengths as well as its weaknesses lie. Written in plain English, it should be accessible to anyone who is intellectually curious, lay persons and medical professionals alike.

• access
• bibliography
• biomedicine
• causality
• concept
• English
• foundation
• knowledge
• medicine
• methodology
• philosophy

• University of Manchester, UK

  Keekok Lee

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).

Policies and ethics