Coherence and correspondence in medicine

Many controversies in medical science can be framed as tension between a coherence approach (which seeks logic and explanation) and a correspondence approach (which emphasizes empirical correctness). In many instances, a coherence-based theory leads to an understanding of disease that is not support...

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Main Author: Thomas G. Tape
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2009-03-01
Series:Judgment and Decision Making
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Online Access:http://journal.sjdm.org/cct/cct.pdf