History of Science 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Chyle, Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule, Headache

• School: Western University
• Department: History of Science
• Course: History of Science 2220
• Professor: Lawrence Burns

Document Summary

Medicine is rooted in the science of the body (physiology) and guided by evidence. Healing (and disease) caused by god(s), spirits, saints, and. The body is understood through a philosophical perspective that is separable from religion (more or less) but lacks empirical proof the only way to understand the laws of the body is to understand biology and chemistry. Very essential tools alter our ability to sense and interact with the world. Positivism the idea that you are trying to describe the world as it is based on facts -> really just the idea that you are collecting facts. Regular patterns in nature (e. g. , physical, chemical, biological laws) Scientists typically assume that there are patterns in nature, there has to be some force that makes things happen the way they do. Based on laws, certain things happen at certain things and when they don"t, there is a counter law as to why it doesn"t.