Bøe S
Filosofisk institutt Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Trondheim.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1999 Nov 30;119(29):4355-7.
The essay deals with the relationship between the scientific and humanistic social scientific aspects of medical concept formation and science. The first part focuses on methodological differences associated with the two forms of knowledge, emphasizing the distinction between quantitative and qualitative methods. The differences are traced back to type of phenomenon or object researched. On the basis of the special character of human beings and their illnesses it is then argued that scientific medicine necessarily will have to transcend the divide between the natural sciences on the one hand and the humanities and social sciences (the "human sciences") on the other. The unity in medicine is tied to its practice--the art of medicine as carried on in the clinical meeting between doctor and patient.
本文探讨医学概念形成的科学与人文社会科学方面之间的关系以及科学。第一部分着重于与这两种知识形式相关的方法论差异，强调定量方法和定性方法之间的区别。这些差异可追溯到所研究现象或对象的类型。基于人类及其疾病的特殊性，进而论证科学医学必然要超越自然科学与人文社会科学（“人文科学”）之间的界限。医学中的统一性与其实践相关——即医生与患者临床会面中所践行的医学艺术。
