Intro to Chiropractic Principles

Question 1

Which philosophy is correct according to Dr. Lipton?

Answer 1

Idealism (substance dualism), or Quantum/energy based reality

Question 2

(T/F) Because allopathic medicine comes from a flawed philosophical position, its methods are not valuable.

Answer 2

False; these methods are valuable and can be life-saving in the right circumstances! A purely allopathic outlook on health and disease has some shortcomings though…

Question 3

Philosophy works through _________ reasoning.

Answer 3

Deductive

Question 4

What is the term in philsophy that means “to pull out of” or to derive meaninful conclusions from general principles through logical reasoning?

Answer 4

Deduction

Question 5

(T/F): Philosophy usually reasons from the more general principle to the more specific case.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

What reasoning follows the pattern: Laws –> Theory –> Research hypotheses –>Predicted relationships –> Facts –> Empirical observations

Answer 6

Deductive reasoning

Question 7

What reasoning follows the patterns: Empirical observations –> Facts –> Empirical generalizations –> Conceptual framework –> Theory –> Laws

Answer 7

Inductive reasoning

Question 8

B.J. Palmer argues that allopathic medicine is _______ in reasoning.

Answer 8

Inductive

Question 9

What type of reasoning goes from specific to general

Answer 9

Inductive reasoning

Question 10

Chiropractic is a __________ science.

Answer 10

Deductive

Question 11

(T/F): Deductions in chiropractic are based upon a major premise that life is intelligent; that there is an intelligent creator, who created matter, attends to its existence and gives to it all that it has.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

(T/F): “Many of the deductions are now proven facts because of thousands of clinical findings supporting them; and thousands of observations of the Laws of this Intelligence.”

Answer 12

True

Question 13

What are the three strengths of deductive reasoning?

Answer 13

1. ) Can allow us to reason beyond our experience
2. ) 100% certainty of conclusions
3. ) Gives a strong basis for actions

Question 14

What are the limitations of deductive reasoning?

Answer 14

1. ) Quality of the assumptions - are they true?
2. ) Quality of the logic - is it valid?
3. ) Deduction is not self-testing.

Question 15

What are the 33 principles?

Answer 15

The original 33 priciples are a study in deductive logic, proceeding from a major premise to specific applications in biology and the human body.

Question 16

(T/F) The 33 principles represent an extended deductive syllogism (if A is true, then B follows)

Answer 16

True

Question 17

In 2003, who published a review of the 33 principles, without changing the overall concepts or their intent?

Answer 17

Dr. David Koch

Question 18

What numbers are the universal principles?

Answer 18

1-14

Question 19

What numbers are the biological principles?

Answer 19

15-30

Question 20

What numbers are the Chiropractic principles?

Answer 20

31-33

Question 21

(T/F): Only the last three principles are specifically chiropractic in nature.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Which principles outline the concept of an intelligent universe?

Answer 22

The first 14 (UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES)

Question 23

The metaphysical paradigm evidenced in the first 14 principles is most closely related to _________.

Answer 23

Dualism or dualistic interactionism

Question 24

The _______ ________ explains that there is a universal intelligence in all matter, continously giving to it all its properties and actions, thus maintaining it in existence, and giving this intelligence its expression.

Answer 24

The Major Premise

Question 25

What are BJ’s 3 Intelligences?

Answer 25

Universal Intelligence
Innate Intelligence
Educated Intelligence

Question 26

What is the principle of self-organization inherent in all matter?

Answer 26

Universal Intelligence

Question 27

(T/F): Examples of universal intelligence exist at every level of inorganic and organic activity.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Dr. Koch refers to the Triune of Life as the Triune of __________, as it pertains to all matter, both inanimate and animate.

Answer 28

Organization

Question 29

Principles #____ through #____ explore the topic of “life” identifying the self-organizing potential of a living thing as its innate intelligence and describing the unique, constructive forces created within living things to maintain their organization. These are the ___________ Principles.

Answer 29

15-30

Biological Principles

Question 30

The Biological principles reveal that chiropractic is based on the paradigm of _______, more accurately ______ _______.

Answer 30

Vitalism; Critical Vitalism

Question 31

(T/F): the biological principles state that living things are “life in matter inseparably”.

Answer 31

True

Question 32

(T/F): the biological principles state that living things are organized and maintained by their innate intelligence.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

How would you define a living thing that has intelligence of the universe inborn within it?

Answer 33

Innate Intelligence

Question 34

________ ________ is the name we give to universal intelligence being expressed in living things

Answer 34

Innate Intelligence

Question 35

(T/F): Universal intelligence gives all matter all its properties and actions, therefore UI gives a “living thing” all of its properties and actions.

Answer 35

True

Question 36

(T/F): Universal Intelligence is Innate Intelligence but UI is individualized by the attention it pays to the unit

Answer 36

False; Innate Intelligence is individualized by the attention it pays to the unit, not Universal Intelligence

Question 37

What biological Principle states: The signs of life (assimilation, elimination, growth, reproduction, adaptability) are evidence of the innate intelligence of life?

Answer 37

19: Evidence of Life

Question 38

What biological Principle states: The mission of the body’s innate intelligence is to maintain the material of the body of a living thing in active organization?

Answer 38

20: The Mission of Innate Intelligence

Question 39

What biological Principle states: Interference with the transmission of innate forces causes incoordination, or “dis-ease.”?

Answer 39

30: The Cause of Dis-ease

Question 40

The last 3 principles are specific to living organisms with nerve systems and spinal columns, characterizing the role of the forces traveling over these structures and identifying the problem of interference and dis-ease (incoordination). They are termed the __________ principles

Answer 40

Chiropractic

Question 41

These 3 principles establish the importance of the nervous systemas the ultimate integrator of body functions, and cite subluxationsas disruptive of the reciprocal communication between the central nervous system and the rest of the body (i.e., “safety pin cycle”).

Answer 41

Chiropractic Principles

Question 42

What Chiropractic Principle states that interference with transmission in the body is often directly or indirectly due to subluxations in the spinal column?

Answer 42

33: Subluxations

Question 43

“_________ is a philosophy, science, and art of things natural; a system of adjusting the segments of the spinal column by hand only, for the correction of the cause of dis-ease.”

Answer 43

Chiropractic