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Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Philosophy of Science
  • Medical Ethics

Background:

  • Healthcare relies heavily on biotechnology and medical technology for patient care.
  • Appropriate justification for new technologies is crucial to ensure they function as intended.
  • This paper examines philosophical frameworks for justifying the use of medical innovations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critically analyze philosophical accounts of technology justification in healthcare.
  • To challenge the reliance on designer experience and expert testimony for validating new medical technologies.
  • To propose a more robust framework for justifying novel biotechnologies and medical devices.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis and critical reflection.
  • Examination of existing accounts of expert justification.
  • Argumentation against the epistemic value of similarity judgments for novel technologies.

Main Results:

  • Current justifications often depend on designers' experience and expert testimony.
  • Designer experience with similar past technologies is insufficient for justifying novel ones.
  • Endorsement requires successful in-patient-care context use, not just expert opinion.

Conclusions:

  • Past professional experience cannot predict or justify a novel technology's impact on health.
  • New technologies introduce unprecedented mechanisms requiring in situ study and justification.
  • Validation necessitates community-wide experimentation, observation, and confirmation of successful use.