Description
| Product ID: | 9783631672242 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | DE |
| Title: | Anthroposophy and Science |
| Subtitle: | An Introduction |
| Authors: | Author: Peter Heusser |
| Page Count: | 368 |
| Subjects: | Social and political philosophy, Social & political philosophy, History of medicine, Complementary and alternative medicine and therapies, Life sciences: general issues, History of medicine, Complementary medicine, Life sciences: general issues |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book is the first introduction into anthroposophy and anthroposophical medicine on the basis of epistemology, physics, chemistry, molecular biology, neurobiology, psychology, philosophy of mind, history of science, and evidence based medicine. Justification of a non-reductionist, academic anthropology and medical practice accounting for body, life, soul, and spirit. This book is the first thorough introduction into the scientific basis of anthroposophy and anthroposophical medicine in the context of academic science. On a sound epistemological basis and in the context of current debates it analyses basic concepts of physics, chemistry, genetics, morphogenesis, biology, neurobiology, psychology, and philosophy of mind, with an emphasis on the problems of life, mind-body interactions, and free will. The result is a non-reductionistic anthropology acknowledging the emergent properties of body, life, soul, and spirit as equally real entities. This concurs with the basic concepts of anthroposophy and anthroposophical medicine, the justification of which is discussed in relation to the history and methodology of science as well as evidence based medicine. |
| Imprint Name: | Peter Lang AG |
| Publisher Name: | Peter Lang AG |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-06-13 |
