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Galen on Apodictics
Intro -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Philosophical basis of Galen's medical doctrines -- 1.1 Galen's perspective on the Hippocratic tradition -- 1.2 The significance of the doctrines of Plato and Aristotle in shaping Galen's views -- 1.3 The doctrine of Homoiomereia as th...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin
: Ibidem Verlag
, 2020
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| Series: | Studies in Medical Philosophy
v.7 |
| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=6379265 |
| E-Book Packages: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Summary: | Intro -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 Philosophical basis of Galen's medical doctrines -- 1.1 Galen's perspective on the Hippocratic tradition -- 1.2 The significance of the doctrines of Plato and Aristotle in shaping Galen's views -- 1.3 The doctrine of Homoiomereia as the foundation of Galen's views on the microstructure of tissue -- Chapter 2 Understanding Galen's clinical experience and apodeixis -- 2.1 The semiotics of diseases. Theory of pathogenesis as a reflection of the principle of causality -- 2.2 A comprehensive understanding of philosophical theory and medical practice -- 2.3 The unity of mind and body in Galen's medicine and philisophy -- Chapter 3 Anatomical dissections as evidence in a philosophical polemic -- 3.1 Galen's method of investigation -- 3.2 The Empiricist school as the opponent of the Hippocratic tradition -- 3.3 The structure of proof in Galen -- 3.4 Galen's understanding of the natural functions of the body as a realisation of the teleological principle -- 3.5 Galen's clinical practice and physiological experiments -- Conclusion -- Bibliography. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (277 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9783838274065 |
