Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences: Modern Solutions of Hippocratic “Equation” (on the Relations of Medicine and Philosophy)

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Modern Solutions of Hippocratic “Equation” (on the Relations of Medicine and Philosophy)

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Issue: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2015 8 (9)
Authors: Neskriabina, Olga F.
Contact information: Neskriabina, Olga F.:Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia; E-mail:
Keywords: philosophy; medicine; methodology; discourse; rationality; scientific paradigm
Abstract: Despite the abundance of assurances in striving for the unity of philosophy and medicine, their actual relations are far from being friendly. Other than an objective barrier to mutual understanding (the level of medicine is empirical and theoretical, the level of philosophy is meta-theoretical) there are also the reasons which are not so thorough and, thus, can basically be eliminated. One of them is the assumptions which are insufficiently substantiated and thus should not be necessarily adhered to, especially when modern philosophy suggests a better solution. Owing to a high degree of generality, methodological (philosophical) grounds or principles are individualized and filled with specific meanings. Therefore, basing on a general philosophical reason, scholars often come to different theoretical conclusions. Multi-valued philosophical structures (such as dialectics) lead to a feeling of basing on some of the principles with the possibility of their different application. Philosophical methodology plays an important role in the process of cognition, the role being psychological rather than methodological. It provides cognitive confidence, thereby increasing motivation to creativity. In its methodological function philosophy implicitly comprises an aesthetic component. In the set of philosophical issues of biology and medicine there are both traditional and relatively new ones. Due to the progress of humanities and elimination of ideological attitudes, the relations of biological and social in a human have clarified. With regard to the issue of the relations between science and mythology there is no tangible progress in its decision. The “agenda” of philosophical discourse is formed in the process of the medical community’s awareness of challenges that science and practice face. Methodological problematics is currently presented by the conception of evidence based medicine drawn towards the ideal of classical rationality. The scope of ontological and axiological (bioethical) problematics has been enlarged by the issue of pathogenicity of media environment and information security
Pages: 1847-1854
Paper at repository of SibFU: https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/19795

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