Medical reasoning : the nature and use of medical knowledge / Erwin B. Montgomery, Jr., MD (Medical Director, Greenville Neuromodulation Center, Greenville, Pennsylvania, United States, Professor of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Michael G. Degroote School of Medicine at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montgomery, Erwin B., Jr., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Logic.

Philosophy, Medical.

Decision Making.

Thinking.

Metaphysics.

Medical ethics.

Medical logic.

Medicine--Philosophy.

Medicine.

Medicine--Research--Evaluation.

Medical Subjects:

Logic.

Philosophy, Medical.

Decision Making.

Thinking.

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

xxxix, 349 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2019]

Contents:

What are we to make of reasoning in modern medicine?

Epistemic challenges and the necessary epistemic responses

Medical epistemology : the issues

Deduction, induction, and abduction : the basics

Evolution of medical reasoning

Variability versus diversity in variety : the epistemic conundrum and responses

The meaninglessness of the mean

The value of statistical and logical thinking

The centrality and origins of hypotheses

Necessary presuppositions : the metaphysics

The false notion of intention, choice, and inhibition

The role of metaphor

Dynamics

Medical science versus medical technology

Irreproducibility in biomedical science

Medical solipsism

Critique of practical and clinical medical reasoning

A calling to be better than ourselves.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Montgomery, Erwin B., Jr., author. Medical reasoning

ISBN:

9780190912925

0190912928

OCLC:

1032288109