John Locke and medicine : a new key to Locke /
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Buffalo, N.Y. :
Prometheus Books,
1984
Buffalo, N.Y.: 1984 Buffalo, N.Y. : 1984 Buffalo, N.Y. : c1984 Buffalo, N.Y. : 1984 |
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2. Locke's medical background. The neglect of Locke's medical work
- The original error in Locke's medical biography
- Locke's medical studies
- Locke's medical practice
- Locke's medical mentality
- Locke's medical writings. Chapter 3. The early Locke as a scientific and medical eclectic. Locke's relation to Boyle, Helmont, and Descartes
- Locke's initial theory of nature
- The early Locke's eclectic theory of disease
- The two periods in Locke's intellectual career. Chapter 4. Locke and Sydenham on smallpox and Agnosticism. Interrelationship of Locke and Sydenham
- Locke's influence on Sydenham
- Sydenham's influence on Locke. Chapter 5. The medical basis of Locke's empiricism. Locke versus the "Romantic Way" of medicine
- Locke's defense of the observational way of medicine. Chapter 6. Locke as a medical pragmatist. Medicine and pragmatism
- Locke and James as medical pragmatists
- Locke's major fragments in medical pragmatism
- Locke's pragmatic thoughts concerning education and health. Chapter 7. Medicine as a new key to Locke. Significance of certain medical clues to Locke
- Medical clues to the young Locke's reaction to Scholasticism
- Medical clues to Locke's "Essay"