1.02 - Hidden Values In Biomedicine

Question 1

Define: Dualism

Answer 1

The mind and the body are two irreducibly separate things

Question 2

Define: Materialism

Answer 2

The physical (the body) is the only real thing and everything can be explained in terms of this

Question 3

Materialist or Dualist?

“Humans are composed of one thing…the body

Answer 3

Materialist

Question 4

Materialist or Dualist?

“Humans are composed of a mind and a body”

Answer 4

Dualist

Question 5

“When we understand everything about the brain we will understand everything about humans”

Materialist or Dualist?

Answer 5

Materialist

Question 6

Define: Disease

Answer 6

An anatomical and/or pathological disruption of the body

Question 7

Define: Illness

Answer 7

The lived experience of being unwell

Question 8

How can a dualist dismiss the patient’s experience?

Answer 8

Through attempting to assert the primacy of rationality over feeling

Question 9

How can a materialist dismiss the patient’s experience?

Answer 9

Through a blunt statement about legitimacy of illness experience