著者

南学 正仁

出版者

心の科学の基礎論研究会

雑誌

こころの科学とエピステモロジー (ISSN:24362131)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.5, no.1, pp.12-20, 2023-05-15 (Released:2023-06-02)

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Imagine a situation in which a patient asks a doctor “Why must I die?” and the doctor stands there stunned. Physicist Schrödinger claimed that scientists unconsciously put “I” as the subject of recognition outside the objective world. Both doctor and patient put “I” as the subject of recognition outside the objective world. In medicine as a science, doctors eliminate the fact that each patient is “I” for himself. Also, doctor puts himself outside the objective world and thinks as if he himself will not die. By doing so, doctors can continue their clinical practice in which they get close to people’s death. On the other hand, patients spend their days as if they will not die, by putting “I” outside the objective world.