一个虚构主义的帐户的开放标签安慰剂
1Bournemouth University, Poole, UK.
The Journal of medicine and philosophy
|March 26, 2024
概括
安慰剂效应,特别是开放式安慰剂 (OLP) 治疗中,不仅仅是由信念驱动的. 这项研究提出了一个新的框架,通过假装和虚构主义来解释OLP的影响,超越传统的基于信念的模型,以更好地理解治疗上下文.
科学领域:
- 医学哲学 医学哲学
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 临床研究 临床研究
背景情况:
- 对安慰剂效应的定义进行了辩论,其中一个广泛的定义包括对治疗心理社会背景的反应,一个狭窄的定义侧重于故意的安慰剂治疗.
- 开放式安慰剂 (OLP) 治疗,涉及安慰剂药丸的非欺骗性使用,是狭窄定义中的一个关键范式.
- 在OLP中对安慰剂效应的传统解释往往依赖于基于信念的机制,这些机制可能是不足的或矛盾的.
研究的目的:
- 探索在开放标签安慰剂 (OLP) 治疗中安慰剂效应背后的机制.
- 批判性地评估OLP的传统基于信仰的帐户.
- 为理解 OLP 影响提出一个替代理论框架.
主要方法:
- 对现有定义的哲学分析和对安慰剂效应的理论解释.
- 概念探索信仰与其他心理态度在OLP中的作用.
- 基于假装和虚构主义的新理论框架的开发.
主要成果:
- 对OLP中安慰剂效应的传统基于信念的解释被认为是矛盾的.
- 提出了一个新的理论解释,认为OLP中的安慰剂效应源于假装的非多克萨斯态度.
- 这种假装被理解为虚构主义的框架,为OLP的治疗反应提供了非基于信念的解释.
结论:
- 在开放标签安慰剂治疗中的安慰剂效应可以在不使用传统基于信念的模型的情况下解释.
- 整合假装和虚构主义的框架为了解OLP的治疗效果提供了一个可行的替代方案.
- 这种重新概念化可能有助于解决定义争议,并推动对安慰剂机制的研究.
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