Dogmatic school of medicine
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The Dogmatic school of medicine was an influential ancient Greek medical tradition that emphasized theoretical reasoning about hidden causes of disease, drawing heavily on Hippocratic ideas and shaping Hellenistic medical thought.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek medical school
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medical tradition ⓘ philosophical school of medicine ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dogmatici
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Dogmatist school of medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Rationalist school of medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Empiric school of medicine
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Methodic school of medicine ⓘ |
| coreConcept |
search for universal medical principles
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understanding of nature (physis) ⓘ use of hypotheses about bodily processes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| doctrine |
diseases have hidden internal causes
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knowledge of causes is necessary for correct treatment ⓘ reason is essential in medical practice ⓘ theory guides clinical observation ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
general principles of nature
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hidden causes of disease ⓘ rational explanation of disease ⓘ theoretical reasoning ⓘ |
| era | Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
ancient Greek medicine
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medicine ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
medical epistemology in antiquity
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theoretical frameworks of Galenic medicine ⓘ |
| historicalRole | one of the earliest organized medical sects in antiquity ⓘ |
| influenced |
Galen
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Hellenistic medical thought ⓘ later Greco-Roman medicine ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hippocrates
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Hippocratic Corpus NERFINISHED ⓘ Hippocratic medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intellectualContext |
Hellenistic philosophical debates about knowledge
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post-Hippocratic Greek medicine ⓘ |
| mainRegionOfActivity | Hellenistic world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Empiric school of medicine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalBasis |
natural philosophy
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rationalism ⓘ |
| uses |
anatomical reasoning
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causal explanation ⓘ physiological reasoning ⓘ |
| viewOnAnatomy | anatomical knowledge is important for understanding disease ⓘ |
| viewOnExperience | clinical experience must be interpreted through theory ⓘ |
| viewOnPrognosis | prognosis depends on knowledge of underlying causes ⓘ |
| viewOnTherapy | treatment should be based on causal explanation of disease ⓘ |
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