title: [Discursive thought and intuition in medical research].
abstract: The history of diabetes and the progress of the sciences demonstrates that original creative investigation requires in addition to logic thinking intuition which originates from the unconscious. The concept of intuition is of great importance in philosophy, religion and psychology. Luck and serendipity have similar meaning as the concepts of kairos, tyche and techne of the Greek.
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000266:history*; D006666:History of Medicine; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D012106:Research; D012586:Science; D013850:Thinking
vernacular_title: Diskursives Denken und Intuition in der medizinischen Forschung.