Frameworks for conceptual evolution in biomedicine.
While biological evolution is a well-defined and accepted phenomenon, the notion of conceptual evolution, however implicit in biomedical progress, remains less well-defined and accepted. Frameworks are provided which portray conceptual evolution in terms of the spatio-temporal and hierarchical cognitive embrace of the human external and internal environments.
Department of Medical Research, Gundersen Medical Foundation Ltd., La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601.
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D005075:Biological Evolution; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D008960:Models, Psychological; D013850:Thinking