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Everything that makes up the science behind the medicine. From the classical texts to biochemistry to pathology to everything in between.

Phenomenology and Classical Chinese medicine : brief conclusions, opening doors

on 08/13/2009 by Eric Grey in Foundational Science

Here are the last few paragraphs of my thesis in Chinese medicine for my MSOM degree at National College of Natural Medicine. As you can probably tell, I did not go as far with any of my research topics as I would have liked. I saw it mainly as a way to learn what resources [...]

Phenomenology and Chinese Medicine : the lifeworld, holism and integrative medicine

on 08/05/2009 by Eric Grey in Foundational Science

For your reading pleasure, I would like to offer the third piece of my Chinese medicine thesis, written at NCNM. As promised, I’m breaking it up into bite-sized chunks and only presenting the final chapter. The next installment will be the last. Chinese medicine and phenomenology thesis Part I Chinese medicine and phenomenology thesis Part [...]

Phenomenology and Chinese Medicine : Our body is the greatest medical technology

on 07/29/2009 by Eric Grey in Foundational Science

This is the next portion of my thesis written for my degree in Classical Chinese Medicine at NCNM in Portland. I hope you enjoy it! I’m trying to chop this into many smaller pieces so they may be more easily digested – thus hopefully compelling folks to speak up and discuss the ideas I very [...]

Phenomenology and Classical Chinese Medicine

on 07/22/2009 by Eric Grey in Foundational Science

Over the next days, I will re-release the formerly posted chapters of my thesis (written for my degree at NCNM). Not included at the time of first posting were the first three chapters of the thesis. In those chapters, I write a brief history of the concept of pseudoscience through time, elucidating any concepts [...]

Argument for a medical multiverse : Acknowledgements

on 06/14/2009 by Eric Grey in Foundational Science

When you write acknowledgements for a thesis at a small college in Portland, you can be reasonably assured that almost nobody will read them. This is a shame, for they are meant to be read – meant to shout your love, respect and admiration from the rooftops! So, I hope you will indulge me and [...]

Consolidation and the descent into winter

on 10/21/2008 by Eric Grey in Foundational Science

It’s been a very chaotic month. The continuation of my fourth year of schooling in Classical Chinese Medicine has been profoundly destabilizing in a number of ways. I haven’t been able to get my feet under me. This feeling has been further accentuated by the political and social climate, as well as particular personal situations [...]