A criticism of the reductionist and holistic vision in the planning of drugs in biological, chemical and physical level

In this work, two philosophical premises of science applied in the understanding of diseases and in the planning of drugs were studied. The first premise is reductionism. This idea is present in modern science when a problem can be reduced to the sum of its individual parts. Diseases can be understo...

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Main Authors: Daniel Augusto Barra de Oliveira, Edenilson dos Santos Niculau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual Paulista 2021-07-01
Series:Eclética Química
Online Access:https://revista.iq.unesp.br/ojs/index.php/ecletica/article/view/1173