Enigma of Health: The Art of Healing in a Scientific Age

by Hans-Georg Gadamer

Book Overview

In this important new book, Hans-Georg Gadamer discusses the transformation in human self-understanding wrought by the scientific worldview, focusing in particular on the unparalleled achievements of modern medicine.

He explores the ethical and humanist issues raised by the technological successes of modern clinical practice, and relates them to the classical conception of "praxis" in the philosophical tradition.

In a series of lucid...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804726922
• ISBN13: 9780804726924
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"