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Hankinson, R. J., "Physical and Causal Concepts", dins: Singer, P. N. - Rosen, Ralph M. (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Galen, Oxford, Oxford Academic, 2024, pp. 273-295.
- Resum
- This chapter examines Galen's theory of elements and mixtures and its relation to his understanding of the concepts of causes, powers (dunameis), and activities (energeiai) and aims to offer a coherent synthesis of Galen's views in these areas. It situates Galen's causal and physical theories in their contemporary intellectual context and in relation to their main historical antecedents, both philosophical (Aristotle, Atomists, Stoics) and medical (“Hippocrates,” Empiricists, Methodists). It discusses the significance of these core concepts for Galen's rationalist project of scientific enquiry and for his diagnostic and clinical practice and discusses Galen's account of their epistemic status. It explores the interrelationship of these concepts within his overall account of the physical world and of the composition of the human body.
- Matèries
- Galè
Medicina
Història de la medicina
- URL
- https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/57517/chapte ...
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