The Concepts of Health and Disease

Table of Contents Preface Chapter Analysis of and on Chinese Medicine Fengli Lan (Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine) Friedrich G. Wallner (University of Vienna) Triple Jiao: Having a Name but No Shape? Fengli Lan (Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine) Friedrich G. Wallner (University of Vienna) Transmitting Trend of Chinese Medicine in the West: From Skills to Way Zhang Lishan (Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine) The Whole - the Starting Point of Understanding Disease in TCM Susanne Hiekel (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Institut für Philosophie) Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin - Ein paralleles Forschungsprogramm Chapter 2 European Reflections on Problems of Health and Medicine Nicole Holzenthal (University of Oviedo, Intersophia - International Network of Philosophical Studies) Culture and Medicine in the Philosophical Materialism and Constructive Realism Andreas Schulz (University of Vienna) How can different medical systems be true at the same time? Popper, Feyerabend and Wallner about truth and method José A. López Cerezo (Universidad de Oviedo) North by Northwest: The Seach for Objectivity in the Origins of Modern Western Medicine Konstantin S. Khroutski (Veliky Novgorod, Russia, Novgorod State University after Yaroslav-the-Wise) What can neo-Aristotelian ideas contribute to establish an Integrative medicine? Gerhard Klünger (University of Vienna) Anthroposophic medicine (AM) A short introduction into basic concepts Hisaki Hashi (University of Vienna) Dr. Morita's Psychophysical Therapy Influenced by Zen Buddhism - A Comparison of the Thinking Principles of Morita and the Cognitive Scientist M. Schlick Chapter 3 The Special Situation of Psychotherapy Kurt Greiner (Sigmund Freud University) Gabriela Breindl (Sigmund Freud University) Tools of Experimental Hermeneutics in Psychotherapy Science Chapter 4 The Buddhist Perspective Sumalee Mahanarongchai (Bangkok, Thailand, Thammasat University) The Wheel of Life and Buddhist Understanding of Health Pataraporn Sirikanchana (Bangkok, Thailand, Thammasat University) Thai Buddhism on Health Anchalee Chaiyasuj (Thailand, Ministry of Public Health) Thai Traditional Medicine in Thailand Health System Chapter 5 Aspects of Health from the Viewpoint of Islamic Culture and Philosophy Mohammad Khodayarifard (Iran, University of Tehran) Gholam Ali Afrooz (Iran, University of Tehran) Sayyed Mohsen Fatemi (The University of British Columbia) Yasamin Abedini (University of Isfahan) Spiritual-Religious Family Therapy: History, Theoretical and Experimental Bases and its Techniques and Principles Saeid Zarghami-Hamrah (Kharazmi University) Mental health in intellectual/peripatetic attitude in Islamic philosophy with an emphasis on ideas by Ibn Miskawayh: Strangification of the doctrine of the mean?