Possibilities and paradoxes in medicine: love of order, loveless order and the order of love

• DOI: 10.1007/s11019-022-10093-0
• Publication Date: 2022-06-09T17:05:54Z
• Authors: Thor Eirik Eriksen
• Keywords: Reification (Marxism); Reductionism; Psyche

We have a desire to discover and create order, our constitution, including rational faculties, indicates that we are predisposed for such productivity. This affinity order the establishment of is fundamental humans naturally also leaves its mark on medical discipline. When this profession made subject criticism, frequently in terms well-used reproofs as reductionism, reification de-humanisation, systematising productivity invariably involved some way or other. It is, however, problematic rarely delve deeper ask what means, reflect underlying, omnipresent self-evident role. In approach challenge, initially briefly place conceptual historical context. follows, examine explicitly, i.e. an object study, by taking closer look at extensive multidisciplinary efforts uncover secrets all facets. Here try identify systems science, methodological procedural which indispensable well source problems. sections follow, not defined explicit but comes light exploratory philosophising projects based physics, mathematics phenomenology . Each these lets ordered emerge ways may shed opportunities paradoxes domain. Key themes here include Gordian knot psyche - soma, disorder patient Other.