Author: Stephen J. Iacoboni
The Machine Model in Medicine
The unfortunate fact is, there really are those two conflicting sides in medicine.
A First Meeting with Jonathan Wells
When physicians express doubts about Darwin, we are quickly reminded of that famous remark of Theodosius Dobzhansky.
My Briar Patch: Notes of a Country Doctor
It took me about twenty years after medical school to break free of the intellectual “comfort” afforded by the mechanistic consensus.
Intentionality in Living Systems: What Does It Mean?
One historically dominant position on intentionality has been the Brentano thesis, proffered by 19th-century German philosopher and psychologist Franz Brentano.
Discerning the Shape of a “New Biology”
Purpose and intentionality permeate and in fact define the living state, in contrast to the inanimate.