biological paradigms Flashcards
what are the 2 fundamental paradigms?
mechanism
vitalism
what is the sequence of healing methods based on one’s philosophy?
philosopy- paradigm- attitudes- approach- practice
life can be completely explained by actions of physical, chemical and electrical forces, this is called?
mechanism/ atomism
where is mechanism derived from?
materialism and or scientific exclusion
what is the central dogma of biology?
life is complex carbon-based chemistry; DNA ultimately codes for “life” processes
vitalism is derived from?
dualism
describe vitalism
life and its functions depend on a “vital influence” which is non-physical in nature
which idea is life=chemistry “animated” by spirit/force?
vitalism
what are the 2 types of vitalism?
extreme vitalism- naive
moderate vitalism- critical
which idea lends itself to spiritual interpretation?
extreme/ naive vitalism
what does extreme vitalism lend itself to?
substance dualism
what is the idea that matter evolves and then spirit animates it?
extreme vitalism- “ghost in the machine” “cat’s9 lives”
what is moderate/critical vitalism an extension of?
property dualism
mind and body coexist
moderate vitalism
vital forces are always a part of a living thing- life in matter inseparable
dualistic interactionism- moderate vitalism
who believed life is an autonomous, mind like, non-spatial entity that exercises control over organic processes?
Hans Driesch
which idea is paralleled in chiropractic philosophy and major premise of triune of life?
moderate vitalism- universe and innate intelligence are chiros untestable metaphors
is there a moderate mechanism?
possibly equated with contemporary “organismic” biology
what does organicism oppose?
reduction of biology to physics and chemistry
the whole is more than the sum of its parts is called?
szent-gyorgi experience
with moderate mechanism no separate non-physical entity is required, life is self organizing and self- maintaining which means?
neither purely mechanistic or purely vitalistic (autopoietic and structurally antientropic)
what is a thermodynamic term referring to energy equilibrium?
entropy
what is an ever growing disorder in the universe over time; always pushing toward disorder
structural entropy
development of increased order or organization is called
structural antientropy or syntropy
what is the major premise of stephensons 33 principles?
a universal intelligence is in all matter and continually gives to it all its properties and actions, thus maintaining its existence
a living thing has an inborn intelligence within its body called?
innate intelligence
self-forming =
autopoietic
self-maintaining =
structurally anti entropic
self-regulating=
homeostatic
self- repairing=
self-healing
reasoning from more general to more specific
deductive reasoning “to pull out of”
you have the capacity to heal yourself
syllogism
the whole is like any of its parts, you build a law rather than assume it; specific to general
inductive reasoning- laboratory
what is the order of the chiropractic principles?
universal
biological
chiropractic
the property of an organized system that is assumed to create the specific relationships within that system and or cause the organized actions of that system
intelligence
the principle of self-organization inherent in all matter =
universal intelligence
a living thing has the intelligence of the universe inborn within it referred to as?
innate intelligence
what are the 3 intelligences?
universal
innate
educated
