Module PHL2123 for 2022/3
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
PHL2123: Philosophy of Medicine
This module descriptor refers to the 2022/3 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content will vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following themes:
Fundamental concepts and issues:
- Health and disease
- Causation and disease
- Evidence in medicine
- Reductionism and Holism
Medicine with a critical lens
- Skepticism and “alternative” medicine – A non-Western look at medicine
- Values in biomedical research – The question of objectivity
- Controversial diseases
Medicine in the digital age:
- AI in medicine
- A new dawn? Big Data and the personalisation of medicine
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching activities | 22 | Weekly 2-hour lectures/seminars or 1 hour lecture + 1 hour seminar |
| Guided independent study | 44 | 11x4h Reading and preparation for classes |
| Guided independent study | 84 | Independent research for written assignments |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Reiss, Julian and Rachel A. Ankeny, "Philosophy of Medicine", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2022 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), forthcoming URL= https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2022/entries/medicine
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Boniolo, G. and Nathan, M. (eds), 2020. Philosophy of Molecular Medicine: Foundational Issues in Research and Practice. Routledge.
Broadbent, A., 2019. Philosophy of medicine. Oxford University Press.
Stegenga, J., 2018. Care and cure: An introduction to philosophy of medicine. University of Chicago Press.
