A Philosophical History of Western Medicine

Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-97805-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 295 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 668 g

This book provides an historical and philosophical overview of Western medicine along with commentary about how past principles affect current problems in biomedicine like genetic engineering, transhumanism, and a commitment to environmentalism. The book spans Ancient, Hippocratic and Galenic texts, Medieval writings, Modern contributions, and contemporary discoveries in the history and philosophy of medicine, including the growing role of technology in the practice of medicine. This book is of essential reading material for scholars and students interested in the history and philosophy of science as it relates to medicine, as well as those interested in the normative consequences of the study of nature for our contemporary world, particularly as it relates to medicine, environmental ethics, and genetic engineering. 

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boylan, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Bioethik, Tierethik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Wissenschaftstheorie, Wissenschaftsphilosophie
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Allgemeines
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Denkansätze und Ideologie der Umweltschützer
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- PART ONE: THE ANCIENT WESTERN WORLD.- 1. “The Beginnings”.- 2. “The Hippocratic Contribution” .- 3. “Plato’s ”.- 4. “Aristotle”.- 5. “Concluding with Galen”.- PART TWO: The Medieval, Modern, and Contemporary Worlds.- 6. The New Paradigm: Changes leading up to the Seventeenth Century and Beyond.- 7. “Evolution, Germ Theory, and their Consequences”.- 8. “Nature Split: Big Nature and Little Nature”.- 9.“Technology and Nature: A Marriage or a Divorce?”.- Appendix: “Health as Self-Fulfilment”.- Bibliography.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Boylan is Professor of Philosophy at Marymount University. He has published on biomedicine and the history and philosophy of science from the ancient Western world to contemporary biology and medicine. He is the author of several books on the history and philosophy of science, including:  ,  , and  . Boylan was the lead author of  (1998-2001)