Ingvar Johansson, Niels Lynoe

Medicine & Philosophy

A Twenty-First Century Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 â??social constructionâ?? and that â??anything goesâ?? 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 â??fallibilismâ?? and â??particularismâ??; a combination that might be called â??pragmatic realismâ??.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: De Gruyter
• Seitenzahl: 484
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 148mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9783110321050
• ISBN-10: 311032105X
• Artikelnr.: 38077021

Autorenporträt

Ingvar Johansson is Professor emeritus of Theoretical Philosophy at Umeå University (Umeå, Sweden). He is author of the books A Critique of Karl Popper's Methodology and Ontological Investigations, as well as journal papers in many different areas of philosophy.