The Enigma of Health - The Art of Healing in a Scientific Age

aeo Gadamer is one of the leading philosophers of the 20th Century. aeo This book brings together his reflections on health, illness and the art of healing.

List of contents

Preface. 1. Theory, Technology, Praxis.
2. Apologia for the Art of Healing.
3. The Problem of Intelligence.
4. The Experience of Death.
5. Bodily Experience and the Limits of Objectificaton.
6. Between Nature and Art.
7. Philosophy and Practical Medicine.
8. On the Enigmatic Character of Health.
9. Authority and Critical Freedom.
10. Treatment and Dialogue.
11. Life and Soul.
12. Anxiety and Anxieties.
13. Hermeneutics and Psychiatry.
Index.

Product details

• Authors: Hans-Georg Gadamer, Hans-Georg (University of Heidelberg) Gadamer, HG Gadamer, Gadamer Hans-Georg
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.02.1996
• EAN: 9780745615943
• ISBN: 978-0-7456-1594-3
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 249 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Ethics, SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, Philosophy of Science, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct