LOOKING TO TE PAST TO UNDERSTAND THE PRESENT:

MEDECINE AGAINST THE ATTACK OF EPIDEMICS

Authors

  • Domingo Fernández Agis Universidad de La Laguna. Facultad de Filosofía.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7443/problemata.v11i5.52479

Keywords:

Epidemic, Medicine, History, Science, Biopolitics

Abstract

To understand what is happening it is often enlightening to direct our attention to the past. From this perspective, I do in this essay an approach to the history of the epidemics which occurred in particular in the city of Paris. From this, I intend to draw conclusions that could help us understand the situation created by the COVID-19 epidemic, as well as various options to face its consequences socially and medically.

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Author Biography

Domingo Fernández Agis, Universidad de La Laguna. Facultad de Filosofía.

Profesor Titular. Departamento de Historia y Filosofía de la Ciencia, la Educación y el Lenguaje.

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Published

2020-12-14

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 5 (2020)

Section

Papers

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