HPSC3028 lecture 2
Channel: Brendan Clarke
Date: 2016-09-15

The second lecture from UCL Department of Science and Technology Studies introductory module in Philosophy of medicine. This one deals with the question of what philosophy of medicine, you know, is. Do let me know if you find out...

As ever, general information on the philosophy of medicine module can be found on the STS website - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/staff/clarke/clarke-teach/3028

There's a topic guide that gives some background on the issues discussed in the video at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/staff/clarke/clarke-teach/HPSC3028-caplan and you can find a summary of Caplan's argument at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/staff/clarke/clarke-teach/caplan-presentation

Caplan's original paper is paywalled, but just in case you have the technology http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00489220