Intuition in Medicine
A Philosophical Defense of Clinical Reasoning
Intuition in Medicine
A Philosophical Defense of Clinical Reasoning
Publication supported by the Bevington Fund
Intuition is central to discussions about the nature of scientific and philosophical reasoning and what it means to be human. In this bold and timely book, Hillel D. Braude marshals his dual training as a physician and philosopher to examine the place of intuition in medicine.
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256 pages | 20 halftones | 6 x 9 | © 2012
Philosophy: Ethics
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Two: Moral Intuitionism
Three: The Place of Aristotelian Phronesis in Clinical Reasoning
Four: Aristotle’s Practical Syllogism: Accounting for the Individual through a Theory of Action and Cognition
Five: Individual and Statistical Physiognomy: The Art and Science of Making the Invisible Visible
Six: Clinical Intuition versus Statistical Reasoning
Seven: Contingency and Correlation: The Significance of Modeling Clinical Reasoning on Statistics
Eight: Abduction: The Intuitive Support of Clinical Induction
Conclusion: Medical Ethics beyond Ontology
Bibliography
Index
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