@article{cf5cd21a-d52b-4d01-9226-32838f6f7433, author = {Jarosław Barański, Wojciech Mackiewicz}, title = {Absurdity in Medicine. Stanisław Trzebiński’s Philosophy of Medicine}, journal = {Quarterly Journal of the History of Science and Technology}, volume = {2021}, number = {Volume 66, Issue 1}, year = {2021}, issn = {0023-589X}, pages = {9-23},keywords = {Stanisław Trzebiński; absurdity; philosophy of medicine}, abstract = {Stanisław Trzebiński (1861–1930), professor at Stefan Batory University in Vilnius, was one of the most distinguished representatives of the Polish School of Philosophy of Medicine before the Second World War. He undertook studies in neurology, philosophy of medicine, and literature. The article explores Trzebiński’s philosophical ideas, especially his call for rationality in medicine and the concept of absurdity in medicine as a precondition for the development of medical knowledge and practice. Today this method is an essential background in Evidence-Based Medicine and confirms cultural and scientific forms of cognition.}, doi = {10.4467/0023589XKHNT.21.001.13385}, url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/kwartalnik-historii-nauki-i-techniki/article/absurdity-in-medicine-stanislaw-trzebinskis-philosophy-of-medicine} }