This volume covers a wide range of conceptual, epistemological and
methodological issues in the philosophy of science raised by
reflection upon medical science and practice. Several chapters
examine such general meta-scientific concepts as discovery,
reduction, theories and models, causal inference and scientific
realism as they apply to medicine or medical science in particular.
Some discuss important concepts specific to medicine (diagnosis,
health, disease, brain death). A topic such as evidence, for
instance, is examined at a variety of levels, from social
mechanisms for guiding evidence-based reasoning such as
evidence-based medicine, consensus conferences, and clinical
trials, to the more abstract analysis of experimentation, inference
and uncertainty. Some chapters reflect on particular domains of
medicine, including psychiatry, public health, and nursing.
The contributions span a broad range of detailed cases from the
science and practice of medicine, as well as a broad range of
intellectual approaches, from conceptual analysis to detailed
examinations of particular scientific papers or historical
episodes.
Chapters view philosophy of medicine from quite different angles
Considers substantive cases from both medical science and
practiceChapters from a distinguished array of contributors
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