A Familiar Dilemma CLINICAL SCENARIO A 72-year-old man is brought to the outpatient clinic with progressive breathlessness over three weeks.…
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Occam’s Razor vs. Hickam’s Dictum A Concise Philosophy of Clinical Reasoning
Introduction: The Problem Every Clinician Faces Every clinical encounter begins with uncertainty. A patient arrives carrying symptoms—pain, fever, fatigue, and…
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Skepticism As A Meta-regulatory Tool In Clinical Reasoning: Toward A Logic Of Medical Knowing
Dr Abhijeet G. Shinde, DNB (Internal Medicine)Physician • Author • Medical PhilosopherFounder, The Thinking Healer™ Abstract Clinical medicine operates under…
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The Curve That Heals: Healing As An Asymptote
“Healing is not the conquest of disease, but the quiet mathematics of becoming—where life moves infinitely closer to wholeness, even…
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When Spinoza Wore A White Coat
What would it mean if Baruch Spinoza—the 17th-century philosopher of reason, determinism, and joy—walked into our world today, wearing a…
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Trust: The Invisible Architecture of Healing
A Scientific, Philosophical, and Clinical Examination of Medicine’s Most Powerful Tool Abstract Modern medicine has achieved extraordinary technical sophistication. Diagnostics…
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THE SHIP OF THESEUS AND THE FUTURE OF HUMAN IDENTITY
Why an Ancient Paradox Now Decides What Makes Us Human in the Age of AI I. The Paradox in Simple…
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Information is not knowledge And Knowledge Is Not Wisdom
We live in the so-called “Information “Age”—when nearly every fact, figure, or opinion is just a click away. Search engines…
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Beyond the Traditional Differential: Toward a Hybrid Logic of Diagnostic Reasoning
Abstract Background: Differential diagnosis has long been the cornerstone of clinical reasoning. The traditional method of exhaustive list-making provides safety…
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Human vs. Machine Cognition: Brains, Minds, and Meaning
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we work, think, and heal. From medical diagnoses to language generation, machines appear…
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