Understanding Traditional Chinese Medicine: Consultant: Lena Springer: 10 (Culture and Knowledge) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 363156709X ISBN 13: 9783631567098

Publisher: Peter Lang AG, 2009

Synopsis

This volume presents texts written by Austrian and Chinese experts in the field of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The issue the authors worked on is the basic problem how to make a different system of medical thinking plausible for the Western world, especially for Western medicine. This issue is considered from different viewpoints – from the viewpoint of Western medicine that is familiar with Chinese medicine and contrariwise from the viewpoint of Chinese Medicine that is familiar with its Western counterpart and from a philosophical viewpoint. In this way both differences in the theoretical systems of Western and Chinese medicine and problems of adequate translation are profundly discussed.

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About the Author

The Editors: Friedrich G. Wallner is university professor for philosophy of science since 1987. His main research is focused on intercultural philosophy of science and the comparison of different scientific world views, especially TCM and Western medicine.
Gertrude Kubiena is MD and M.Phil, (sinology). She presides MedChin - an association for Chinese healthcare and qualified TCM education in Austria. She focuses on making TCM understandable, facilitating teaching and learning TCM.
Martin J. Jandl studied psychology, philosophy and history of arts. He lives and works in Vienna.

Edition details

• Publisher: Peter Lang AG
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 363156709X
• ISBN 13: 9783631567098
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 140
• Editor: Jandl Martin J., Wallner Friedrich G.