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标题：On the Nature of Medicine: Necessities, Approaches, and Challenges
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作者：Alireza Monajemi ; Alireza Monajemi
期刊名称：Philosophical Investigations
印刷版ISSN：2251-7960
电子版ISSN：2423-4419
出版年度：2021
卷号：15
期号：37
页码：153-177
DOI：10.22034/jpiut.2021.47985.2976
语种：English
出版社：University of Tabriz
摘要：After the middle of the twentieth century, symptoms gradually appeared which were collectively called the “crisis of medicine”. This crisis gave philosophy, which had been abstracted from medicine since the mid-nineteenth century, an opportunity to reflect. Medical philosophers attributed the crisis to the inflation of the scientific and technical aspects and, consequently, to the weakening of the human aspects of medicine. Therefore, reflection on the nature of medicine became one of the central issues of philosophy in medicine.In this article, I will first highlight the need to study the nature of medicine, explain the various concpetions of the nature of modern medicine - based on the dichotomy- science vs. art , and show their inadequacy and inappropriatness. Finally, I will provide a model to the nature of medicine beyond the realm of science / art. In this model, medicine is a scientific practice, based on judgment, dialogue, communication and social order. This model faces teleological, epistemological, scientific, political, and professional challenges that require serious and continuous reflection on the nature of medicine.