HPS319H1 Chapter Notes -Newton'S Laws Of Motion, Gluttony, Archibald Pitcairne
12 Dec 2012
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Week 3: trusting george cheyne: scientific expertise, common sense, and moral authority in. Physicians role historically- between expertise and common sense, he was an exert, and accepted the role that he would say the causes, course and possible cure of condition and maintenance of health and attainment of long life. There was a meaningful interaction been physicians and patients. Both accepted that laypersons knew a lot about their bodies and the conditions of their health and disease. Montaigne"s skepticism- habit and constitution molded themselves to each other and everyone who was not a fool came to know best where his shoe pinched. He who lives physically lives miserably": proverb, moral and practical dangers of subjecting yourself unnecessarily to the discipline of medical expertise. Understood that laypeople might come to know about common illnesses, the early signs of their appearances, and the course they tended to take in their bodies, to reckon themselves possessed of relevant expertise.
