多元、平等,重疗效——费耶阿本德医学观初探

当代西方科学哲学家费耶阿本德认为,一方水土孕育一方医学,一方医学守护着一方住民的健康,医学是多元论而不是一元论;多元医学之间应平等竞争、相互补充,和谐共存;疗效是检验多元医学理论的标准,疗效是医学生存发展之本。费耶阿本德医学哲学思想对中医发展具有重要的借鉴意义。

Pluralism,Equality, Emphasis on Curative Effect: Feyerabend's Ideas on Medical Sciences

Contemporary western philosopher of science, Feyerabend thinks that different environments can produce different medical sciences, different medical sciences can protect the health of the residents in different environments, and medical science should advocate pluralism rather than monism.He also thinks that pluralistic medical sciences should compete equally, complement mutually, and coexist harmoniously.In addition, he thinks that the curative effect is the standard to prove the theories of the pluralistic medical sciences and the curative effect is the foundation of the medical development.Feyerabend's medical ideas can offer an important inspiration to the development of Chinese traditional medicine.