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The Philosophy of Medicine Versus Medicine
Literature on the philosophy of medicine is characterized by a thirst for generalities. Wittgenstein’s remarks on family resemblances are intended as...
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Phenomenology’s place in the philosophy of medicine
With its rise in popularity, work in the phenomenology of medicine has also attracted its fair share of criticism. One such criticism maintains that,...
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Exploring health and disease concepts in healthcare practice: an empirical philosophy of medicine study
In line with recent proposals for experimental philosophy and philosophy of science in practice, we propose that the philosophy of medicine could...
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The Fragility of Philosophy of Medicine Essentialism, Wittgenstein and Family Resemblances
This book about philosophy of medicine bestows a bottom-up and not a top-down approach. It starts from clinical medicine and epidemiology, analyzing...
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The role of philosophy and ethics at the edges of medicine
BackgroundThe edge metaphor is ubiquitous in describing the present situation in the world, and nowhere is this as clearly visible as in medicine....
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Philosophy of Epidemiology
The philosophy of epidemiology is a recent addition to the philosophy of science. Its focus is on metaphysical and epistemic problems concerning the...
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“Unknown Material”? Georges Canguilhem, French Philosophy and Medicine
In the introduction to the Normal and the Pathological, Canguilhem’s doctoral dissertation in medicine, defended in 1943, he claimed, “philosophy is...
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Experimental philosophy of medicine and the concepts of health and disease
If one had to identify the biggest change within the philosophical tradition in the twenty-first century, it would certainly be the rapid rise of...
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Philosophy and Medicine. The Search for Happiness
Philosophy and Medical Sciences have something in common. They search for truth in different ways but they have sometimes the same material object...
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Philosophy in Medical Education
In recent years, philosophy of science has increasingly engaged with scientific practice and with the distinctive features of various specific...
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Medicine, emotience, and reason
Medicine is faced with a number of intractable modern challenges that can be understood in terms of hyper-intellectualization; a compassion crisis,...
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The Philosophy of Management Today
This essay reviews the recently released Handbook of Philosophy of Management , using it as a jum** off point to explore some potential confusions...
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Do Managerial Practices Need Philosophy?
This article serves as an introduction to the special issue discussing the usefulness of philosophy in managerial practice. We present the papers...
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Why Philosophy Makes No Progress
This paper offers an explanation for why some parts of philosophy have made no progress. Philosophy has made no progress because it cannot make...
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Self-Cultivation Philosophy as Fusion Philosophy: An Interpretation of Buddhist Moral Thought
It is often observed that there is little or no moral philosophy in classical Indian Buddhist thought. This is sometimes believed to be surprising...
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Schiller’s Philosophy of History
Schiller’s philosophy of history has received comparatively little attention. This is partly because Schiller is perceived as a poor imitation of...
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From technique to normativity: the influence of Kant on Georges Canguilhem’s philosophy of life
Many historical studies tend to underline two central Kantian themes frequently emerging in Georges Canguilhem’s works: (1) a conception of activity,...