The Epistemological Status of Medicine in the Peri Archaias Iêtrikês

Authors

  • Simon Noriega-Olmos Universidade Federal de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/dp.v10i2.30824

Keywords:

Hippocrates, medicine, science, nature, cause, power

Abstract

This paper argues that, according to the author of The Ancient Medicine, medicine is not—and should not—be concerned with the human being in general terms, but with particular individual suffering persons. So according to The Ancient Medicine, medicine is a science of the particular and consists in empirical research. For this reason, The Ancient Medicine is perhaps the first deliberate acknowledgment of the scientific value of approximate knowledge and knowledge of the particular.

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Published

2013-12-09

How to Cite

Noriega-Olmos, S. (2013). The Epistemological Status of Medicine in the Peri Archaias Iêtrikês. DoisPontos, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/dp.v10i2.30824

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2013): Issues on Philosophy in Antiquity

Section

Parte I - Autores diversos

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