Comments on: Why has philosophy been eliminated from the pre-medical education? http://education-website-medical.com/onlinemedicaldegree/why-has-philosophy-been-eliminated-from-the-pre-medical-education Education Website Medical - Resources For Success Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:40:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: greydoc6 http://education-website-medical.com/onlinemedicaldegree/why-has-philosophy-been-eliminated-from-the-pre-medical-education/comment-page-1#comment-6 greydoc6 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:05:23 +0000 http://education-website-medical.com/onlinemedicaldegree/why-has-philosophy-been-eliminated-from-the-pre-medical-education#comment-6 I minored in chemistry and in philosophy. Years later I re-read my philosophy notes and scanned two of the books I kept, and they were almost incomprehensible. It seems to me that in most philosophy courses I took, they crammed a week of material into a whole semester. In others it was just the opposite. One Thomistic refuted Kant and Hume in one lecture, Hegel, Engels and Nietzsche in the next. Gimme a break! Personally, I did like natural philosophy and I think ethics very important for physicians, although some give lip service to its principles. But to address your question, philosophy is very subjective, and what one professor professes may vary significantly from another. Universities under a religious aegis may have slants that support their credos and refute others. That is the opposite of what is now called science. I minored in chemistry and in philosophy. Years later I re-read my philosophy notes and scanned two of the books I kept, and they were almost incomprehensible. It seems to me that in most philosophy courses I took, they crammed a week of material into a whole semester. In others it was just the opposite. One Thomistic refuted Kant and Hume in one lecture, Hegel, Engels and Nietzsche in the next. Gimme a break!

Personally, I did like natural philosophy and I think ethics very important for physicians, although some give lip service to its principles.

But to address your question, philosophy is very subjective, and what one professor professes may vary significantly from another. Universities under a religious aegis may have slants that support their credos and refute others. That is the opposite of what is now called science.

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