Final: Biological paradigms Flashcards
What are the two biological paradigms?
- mechanism/ atomism
2. vitalism
How does chiropractic philosophy relate?
living human beings are:
- self-forming (autopoietic)
- self-organizing (structurally antientropic)
- self-regulating (homeostatic)
- self-repairing (self-healing)
Mechanism/atomism believes that life can be completely explained by
Actions of physical, chemical and electrical forces
Mechanism/atomism is derived from
Materialism
Mechanism/atomism is a reaction to
Antiscientific theological doctrines
Mechanism atomism believes that a living thing is composed to
Inanimate parts
“Whole is equal to sum of its parts”
Vitalism believes that life and its functions depend on a
Vital influence
Vital influence is
Non-physical in nature
Vitalism derives from
Dualism
Vitalism believes that life =
Chemistry animated by spirit/force
Vitalism is an ____ doctrine
Inclusive
Inclusive doctrine of vitalism means
Matter/chemistry + influence of separate, non-physical entity or field
2 versions of vitalism
Extreme vitalism (naive) Moderate vitalism (critical)
Extreme vitalism believes that matter evolves then,
Spirit animates it
Extreme vitalism sayings
“Lifeless corpse”
“He lost his life”
Cat’s “nine lives”
Moderate vitalism believes that vital forces are
Always a part of the process of living thing
Moderate vitalism in chiropractic philosophy
Major premise and triune of life
universal and innate intelligence
Organicism opposes the reduction of biology to
Physics and chemistry
Moderate mechanism expressed as
Whole is more than the sum of its parts
Additional ingredient is an understanding relationships of the living system
Living human beings are
Self-forming
Self-organizing
Self-regulating
Self-repairing
Entropy
Energy equilibrium
Structural entropy
Disorder in the universe
Structural antientropy (syntropy)
Development of increased order or organization
Chiropractic is essentially a
Vitalistic paradigm
A vitalistic approach does not require
Assumption of beliefs consistent with theistic teleology (NOT religion)
**but it does accomodate such beliefs
