Kant's Cave has moved, both physically and temporally. We are now holding meetings upstairs at the Two Chairmen, 39 Dartmouth Street, SW1H 9BP, but are still on Zoom too. AND we have moved to the first Monday* of the month, as since the pandemic Wednesday has become the busiest night for a lot of pubs. Join us for more great talks and discussion! All welcome, link available when you sign up.
- If Monday is a bank holiday Kant's Cave will be held on Tuesday.
Yin's abstract follows:
Just like contemporary biomedicine constructs its theories and practices on the basis of the philosophical framework of empiricism and rationalism, traditional Chinese medical theories and practices are constructed on the philosophical thoughts derived from Taoism. This talk will first outline the set of basic beliefs of Taoism as they are presented in the key Taoist texts of Tao Te Ching and Chuang Tzu, then proceed to discuss how Taoist thoughts shaped how traditional Chinese medicine perceives the human body, health, and illness? What counts as medical knowledge? How should a physician collect medically significant information from a patient? How are diagnosis and treatment strategies explained and justified in traditional Chinese medical theories?
To prepare for the audience, it might also be helpful to post my video on the metaphysics of traditional Chinese medicine where I touched on some of the issues I will present in this talk. Here is the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ5G4F-cyQs&t=9s
