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The previous essay illuminates the historical development of medical scientific ideas. Medical science is shown to be the result of conflict and competition between various convictions, ideas, and ideological positions. Some of these struggles, at least temporarily, even seem to have been resolved by majority vote.
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Kimsma, G.K. (1990). Frames of Reference and the Growth of Medical Knowledge: L. Fleck and M. Foucault. In: Ten Have, H.A.M.J., Kimsma, G.K., Spicker, S.F. (eds) The Growth of Medical Knowledge. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 36. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2025-5_3
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