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The Philosophical Quest of a Cancer Cell: Redefining Existentialism

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Poised in a seemingly prepared calm stasis with trust in the intangible, cancer cell makes decisions from a point where philosophy seems to be its major compass. As pure biological presuppositions cannot access or fathom this invisible philosophical realm of a cancer cell; syllogism rooted in scientific ratiocination alone without philosophical analysis will elude understanding of the objectivity of a cancer cell. Appreciation of this undiscovered unseen dimension (which is but a counterpart of the comprehensible visible), will unravel the deep interconnectedness between these two and provide insight far greater than empiric epistemology.

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I thank editor Albrecht Reichle for giving me the opportunity for presenting the ideas that I have developed. His valuable suggestions, encouragement and unstinted support are gratefully acknowledged. I am thankful to my colleagues Anirban Basu, Sanchari Sinha and Sadashib Ghosh at the National Brain Research Centre for being loyal listeners of this philosophical analysis.

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    Ellora Sen

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Sen, E. (2013). The Philosophical Quest of a Cancer Cell: Redefining Existentialism. In: Reichle, A. (eds) Evolution-adjusted Tumor Pathophysiology:. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6866-6_9

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