生物醫學與生命倫理學: 科學主義的問題

Biomedicine and Bioethics: The Problems of Scientism

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  • 翁若愚 (Lawrence YUNG) 香港城市大學 (City University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG)

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https://doi.org/10.24112/ijccpm.131599

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LANGUAGE NOTE | Document text in Chinese; abstract in English only.

This commentary offers a review of Jeffrey Bishop’s reflections on the history of medicine in the West. It agrees with Bishop’s criticisms of scientism in biomedicine and with how the problems of scientism persist despite various attempts at reform. However, it also points out that Bishop’s discussion of the influence of philosophical dualism on Christianity and scientism is inadequate. Dualism is in fact deeply rooted in the West (such as in Plato’s philosophy and some early interpretations of Christianity). This commentary concludes that Chinese biomedicine, much like Western biomedicine, needs to forge its own path, as biomedicine is a social response to physical and psychological threats to the human mind and body.

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Published

2015-01-01

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YUNG, L. (2015). 生物醫學與生命倫理學: 科學主義的問題: Biomedicine and Bioethics: The Problems of Scientism. International Journal of Chinese &Amp; Comparative Philosophy of Medicine, 13(2), 119–122. https://doi.org/10.24112/ijccpm.131599

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