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The Enigma of Health - The Art of Healing in a Scientific Age (Hardcover)
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The Enigma of Health - The Art of Healing in a Scientific Age (Hardcover)
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In this important new book, Hans-Georg Gadamer discusses the
transformation in human self-understanding wrought by the
scientific worldview, focusing in particular on the unparalleled
achievements of modern medicine. He explores the ethical and
humanist issues raised by the technological successes of modern
clinical practice, and relates them to the classical conception of
"praxis" in the philosophical tradition. In a series of lucid and
engaging analyses, Gadamer eloquently defends the idea of medicine,
not only as a "science of health, but as an "art" of hermeneutic
relevance, requiring the exercise of practical judgment and
personal interpretation. We should, he argues, recognize the limits
of purely technical approach to healing, as well as the importance
of a qualitative approach to medical treatment. Written by one of
the leading philosophers of the twentieth century, this brilliant
meditation on health, illness, and the art of healing will be of
interest to general readers as well as students of philosophy and
social thought.
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