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The Philosophical Foundations of Modern Medicine

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  • © 2012

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  1. Keekok Lee

    1. University of Manchester, UK

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Keekok Lee
      Pages 1-4

  3. Philosophy and Science

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
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    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
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    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

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 178-233
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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.

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  • University of Manchester, UK

    Keekok Lee

About the author

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).

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