Medicine in the Post-consumerist Society: A Philosophical Overview Evangelos Koumparoudis, Alexander Gungov, Friedrich Luft, Georgia Skartadou

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koumparoudis, Evangelos, Author.

Contributor:

Gungov, Alexander, Editor.

Luft, Friedrich, Editor.

Skartadou, Georgia, Illustrator.

Series:

Studies in medical philosophy ; Volume 10.

Studies in Medical Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine.

Philosophy.

Post-Consumerism.

Medizin.

Philosophie.

Post-Konsumverhalten.

Local Subjects:

Medicine.

Philosophy.

Post-Consumerism.

Medizin.

Philosophie.

Post-Konsumverhalten.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hannover ibidem 2023

Biography/History:

Dr. Evangelos Koumparoudis studied veterinary medicine in Uth; later on, he obtained an MA and PhD in philosophy from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridiski". Since 2022 he is a post-doctoral researcher in philosophy of medicine and biology at the faculty of philosophy, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridiski. Previously, he held a visiting scholarship at the Sorbonne Université, Faculté des Lettres. He is co-founder and Editor of In Statu Nascendi - Journal of Political Philosophy and International Relations.

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Dr. Evangelos Koumparoudis studied veterinary medicine in Uth; later on, he obtained an MA and PhD in philosophy from Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridiski". Since 2022 he is a post-doctoral researcher in philosophy of medicine and biology at the faculty of philosophy, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridiski. Previously, he held a visiting scholarship at the Sorbonne Université, Faculté des Lettres. He is co-founder and Editor of In Statu Nascendi - Journal of Political Philosophy and International Relations.

Summary:

Evangelos Koumparoudis offers a unique philosophical perspective on various aspects of medical practices in our post-consumerist society. Through an exploration of political philosophy, specifically the works of Lyotard, Baudrillard, Bauman, and Gungov, he sheds light on the ways in which meaning and sense are produced, and how mechanisms of manipulation are at play. By drawing upon phenomenology, hermeneutics, and post-structuralism, Koumparoudis offers a deeper understanding of these concepts. In addition to these philosophical approaches, he also explores the intersection of neuroscience and artificial intelligence with classical phenomenology, and presents formalizations through which being can attain exteriority. By examining Kuhn's ideas on paradigmatic shifts, Koumparoudis offers insights into the two models of medical reasoning: the biomedical and the humanistic. Moreover, Koumparoudis delves into the creation and management of Big Data in medicine, and discusses the need for molecular-based categorization. The author also explores the concept of patient safety as articulated by Gungov, and the interdisciplinary approach to medical sciences advocated by Schmid and Mambrini-Doudet. Through the lens of Levinas and Derrida, he examines the relationship between doctors and patients. The book concludes with an examination of the idea of new forms of embodiment as they relate to political philosophy and the posthumanist and transhumanist traditions. Overall, Koumparoudis provides a fresh and comprehensive analysis of medical practices that is sure to appeal to scholars and researchers across various fields. "A book that sheds light on how medical practice changes in the era of high technology and digitalized infrastructure. It combines both continental and analytic traditions to explore diverse topics – such as the mechanisms of manipulation, the progress of artificial intelligence in relation to neuroscience, the models of medical reasoning, the impact of big data on medicine, the doctor and patient relationship, and finally the new forms of embodiment. I strongly recommend it for medical practitioners, students and anyone interested in the philosophy of medicine." — Themistoklis Pantazakos, Assistant Professor in Philosophy of Psychology, ACG, Honorary Research Fellow, UCL " A provocative and insightful work, challenging us to rethink the role of medicine in a society that values consumption over care, efficiency over empathy, and profit over health. Being truly interdisciplinary, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in philosophy of medicine and its implications for ethics, policy and human well-being." — Stergios Aidinlis, Lecturer in Law & Programme Director, MSc/LLM in Law, Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies at Keele University Evangelos Komparoudis' book comprises very strong interdisciplinary insights into various ethical dimensions related to the everydayness of the medical decision-making process in the XX. century. — Piotr Pietrzak, Ph.D., Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”

"A book that sheds light on how medical practice changes in the era of high technology and digitalized infrastructure. It combines both continental and analytic traditions to explore diverse topics – such as the mechanisms of manipulation, the progress of artificial intelligence in relation to neuroscience, the models of medical reasoning, the impact of big data on medicine, the doctor and patient relationship, and finally the new forms of embodiment. I strongly recommend it for medical practitioners, students and anyone interested in the philosophy of medicine." — Themistoklis Pantazakos, Honorary Research Fellow, UCL

" A provocative and insightful work, challenging us to rethink the role of medicine in a society that values consumption over care, efficiency over empathy, and profit over health. Being truly interdisciplinary, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in philosophy of medicine and its implications for ethics, policy and human well-being." — Stergios Aidinlis, Lecturer in Law & Programme Director, MSc/LLM in Law, Artificial Intelligence and New Technologies at Keele University

Evangelos Komparoudis' book comprises very strong interdisciplinary insights into various ethical dimensions related to the everydayness of the medical decision-making process in the XX. century. — Piotr Pietrzak, Ph.D., Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgements

Preface

A. Introduction

B. The Goal and Objectives

C. Methodology and Chapter Structure

Chapter 1: Post-Consumption

1.1 Introduction: Towards Aspects of Post-Consumerism

1.2 From Identity to Trace

Chapter 2: Ethics, Meaning, and Sense in the Post-Consumerist Society

Introduction

2.1 Part One: Subject to Subject Relation or Sum of Statistical Units to Sum of Statistical Units Relation

2.2 Part Two: Statistical Units to Those Who Belong to the Center Relation

2.3 Part Three: Meta-Analysis of Part One

2.4 Part Four: Meta-Analysis of Part Two

2.5 Part Five: The Performativity of the Action and the Fallacy of Derrida

2.6 Part Six: What is the Glaring (απαύγασμα)? From Aesthetics to Logic

2.7 Part Seven: Trace and Arbitrariness in the Post-Consumerist Society

Chapter 3: Self-portrait in a Neuron Mirror

Of Eschatological Exteriority Introduction

3.1 Neuron Mirrors: A Brief Overview

3.2 The Critique of Mirror Neurons by Gregory Hickok

3.3 Phenomenological and Hermaneutical Overview

3.4 On Speculative Poetics

Chapter 4: Objective and Subjective Medical Reasoning: An Overview

4.1 From the Biomedical Model to a More Human-Based Approach, Towards a Paradigm Shift

4.2 Different Worldviews/Paradigms and Different Foundations

4.3 Objectivity Versus Subjectivity

4.4 Objective Thinking Based on Statistics

4.5 Objective Thinking as Evidence-Based Medicine

4.6 Subjective Thinking

4.7 Doctor-Patient Relationship in the Information Age

Conclusions

Chapter 5: The Impact of Big Data on Medicine

5.1 Omic technologies

5.2 From Three Vs to Five Vs-Characterization of Big Data

5.3 How New Knowledge is Acquired from Data Mining.

5.4 The Role of the Internet (Web 2.0)

5.5 A Brief History of Taxonomy

5.6 The Need for the Categorization of Disease on a Molecular Basis

5.7 The Limits of Big Data and Randomized Control Trials (RCTs)

5.8 Data-Driven/Hypothesis-Driven/ Hypothetico-Deductive Medical Reasoning in Comparison with Alexander Gungov's Interpretation of Abductive Method in Patient Safety: The Relevance of Logic in Medical Care

5.9 The debate between Naturalism and Normativism

Chapter 6: Information Society and a New Form of Embodiment

6.1 Bodily Governance

6.2 Transforming Bodies

6.3 Virtual Bodies

6.4 Medical Bodies

6.5 Sexual Bodies

6.6 Transhuman Bodies

Bibliography

Appendix

IN RELATION WITH CHAPTER 2

IN RELATION WITH CHAPTER 3.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-8382-7765-1

Publisher Number:

9783838277653