Open AccessAbsurdity in Medicine. Stanisław Trzebiński’s Philosophy of Medicine
Author(s) -
Jarosław Barański,
Wojciech Mackiewicz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
kwartalnik historii nauki i techniki
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2657-4020
pISSN - 0023-589X
DOI - 10.4467/0023589xkhnt.21.001.13385
Subject(s) - absurdity , rationality , philosophy of medicine , history of medicine , philosophy , epistemology , medicine , classics , alternative medicine , history , pathology
Stanisław Trzebiński (1861–1930), professor at Stefan Batory University in Vilnius, was one of the most distinguished representatives of the Polish School of Philosophy of Medicine before the Second World War. He undertook studies in neurology, philosophy of medicine, and literature.The article explores Trzebiński’s philosophical ideas, especially his call for rationality in medicine and the concept of absurdity in medicine as a precondition for the development of medical knowledge and practice. Today this method is an essential background in Evidence-Based Medicine and confirms cultural and scientific forms of cognition.