Diagnosis: What Is the Structure of Its Reasoning?

Perspect Biol Med. 2024;67(1):88-95. doi: 10.1353/pbm.2024.a919712.ABSTRACTHow does the diagnosis process work? This essay traces the philosophical underpinnings of diagnosis from Hume through Kant, Peirce, and Popper, analyzing how pathologists amalgamate sensibility, intuition, and imagination to form new hypotheses that can be tested by evidence and experience.PMID:38662065 | DOI:10.1353/pbm.2024.a919712
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Source Type: research