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1Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Integral Theory, John F. Kennedy University, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523.
Journal of Chiropractic Humanities
|June 14, 2012
Summary
This study examines DD Palmer's philosophy, revealing it as a postrational and postconventional approach to modern selfhood challenges. Chiropractic is presented as America's first postrational health profession.
Area of Science:
- Philosophy of Science
- History of Medicine
- Sociology of Health
Background:
- Modernity created a fractured self, separating mind, body, spirit, and nature.
- DD Palmer's philosophy emerged as a response to these modern existential challenges.
- Understanding Palmer's self-sense requires examining its postmodern and postconventional underpinnings.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the postmodern, postrational, and postconventional core of DD Palmer's self-sense and philosophy.
- To analyze Palmer's philosophical solutions to the dualisms inherent in the modern self.
- To position chiropractic as a pioneering postrational health profession.
Main Methods:
- Philosophical analysis of DD Palmer's writings and self-sense.
- Comparative study of Palmer's philosophy with postrational thinkers, notably Schelling.
- Historical contextualization of Palmer's ideas within American intellectual history.
Main Results:
- DD Palmer's philosophy represents a reaction against the fragmented modern self.
- Palmer utilized postrational and postconventional logic to resolve dualisms between mind-body, spirit-nature.
- His approach shows resonance with German idealist philosophy, particularly Schelling.
Conclusions:
- DD Palmer is identified as one of America's earliest postrational individuals.
- Chiropractic is argued to be the first postrational health profession.
- Palmer's philosophy offers a framework for understanding and addressing the challenges of the modern self.
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