Dogmatic school of medicine

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The Dogmatic school of medicine was an influential ancient Greek medical tradition that emphasized theoretical reasoning about hidden causes of disease, drawing heavily on Hippocratic ideas and shaping Hellenistic medical thought.

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instanceOf ancient Greek medical school
medical tradition
philosophical school of medicine
alsoKnownAs Dogmatici
Dogmatist school of medicine
associatedWith Rationalist school of medicine
contrastedWith Empiric school of medicine
Methodic school of medicine
coreConcept search for universal medical principles
understanding of nature (physis)
use of hypotheses about bodily processes
countryOfOrigin Ancient Greece
linked to: Greek Antiquity
doctrine diseases have hidden internal causes
knowledge of causes is necessary for correct treatment
reason is essential in medical practice
theory guides clinical observation
emphasizes general principles of nature
hidden causes of disease
rational explanation of disease
theoretical reasoning
era Hellenistic period
field ancient Greek medicine
medicine
hasInfluenceOn medical epistemology in antiquity
theoretical frameworks of Galenic medicine
historicalRole one of the earliest organized medical sects in antiquity
influenced Galen
Hellenistic medical thought
later Greco-Roman medicine
influencedBy Hippocrates
Hippocratic Corpus
Hippocratic medicine
intellectualContext Hellenistic philosophical debates about knowledge
post-Hippocratic Greek medicine
mainRegionOfActivity Hellenistic world
linked to: Hellenistic period
opposedBy Empiric school of medicine
philosophicalBasis natural philosophy
rationalism
uses anatomical reasoning
causal explanation
physiological reasoning
viewOnAnatomy anatomical knowledge is important for understanding disease
viewOnExperience clinical experience must be interpreted through theory
viewOnPrognosis prognosis depends on knowledge of underlying causes
viewOnTherapy treatment should be based on causal explanation of disease

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Hellenistic medicine associatedWithSchool Dogmatic school of medicine
Empiric school of medicine contemporaryWith Dogmatic school of medicine
Dogmatic school of medicine associatedWith Rationalist school of medicine
linked to: Dogmatic school of medicine
Dogmatic school of medicine alsoKnownAs Dogmatist school of medicine
linked to: Dogmatic school of medicine