The Way of Thinking in Chinese Medicine

Wallner, Friedrich G.; Lan, Fengli; Jandl, Martin J.

The Way of Thinking in Chinese Medicine

Theory, Methodology and Structure of Chinese Medicine

by Friedrich G. Wallner (Volume editor) Fengli Lan (Volume editor) Martin J. Jandl (Volume editor)

Theology & Philosophy

Series: Culture and Knowledge, Volume 13

Summary

Chinese Medicine is an outstanding scientific proposition system with its own structural, methodological and theoretical prerequisites flowing into the specific practices that make Chinese Medicine popular in the Western world. However, we should be aware of the fact that Chinese Medicine is challenged in its existence because it is widely unknown. Fostering the understanding of Chinese Medicine in various aspects is, hence, the main aim of this book that gives interesting insights into the discussions on current developments in Chinese Medicine research.

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Pages: 130
Year: 2010
ISBN (PDF): 9783653001051
ISBN (Hardcover): 9783631611968
DOI: 10.3726/978-3-653-00105-1
Language: English
Publication date: 2010 (October)
Keywords: Classical Chinese Medicine Constructivism The Four Classics Psychoanalysis
Published: Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2010. 129 pp., num. tables

Biographical notes

Friedrich G. Wallner (Volume editor) Fengli Lan (Volume editor) Martin J. Jandl (Volume editor)

The Editors: Friedrich G. Wallner is professor for the philosophy of science. His research is focused on intercultural philosophy of science, especially on the comparison of Chinese and Western medicine. Fengli Lan is professor at the Foreign Language Teaching Center at the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Martin J. Jandl is philosopher and psychologist working on various subjects, like the philosophy of language, the philosophy of knowledge, and praxeological function ontology.

The Way of Thinking in Chinese Medicine

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