title: [Several remarks on what is known as the Polish school of medical philosophy].
abstract: This sketch is a polemic with the titular issue raised by Ryszard W. Gryglewski's article Problem: Is medicine an art or science?--in light of the Polish school of medical philosophy up to the outbreak of World War Two, published in this issue of 'Medycyna Nowozytna' ('Modern Medicine'). The author of the sketch proposes the analysis and construction of such concepts as the concept of a Polish school of medical philosophy as well as the concept of medicine (in my terminology conception of the field of 'medicine'). That proposal is backed by the conviction that in metascientific research, including the history of the field of medicine, greater precision should be sought in order to eliminate, as far as possible, ambiguity amongst basic terms and the resultant epistemological vagueness of individual statements.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zamecki
mesh_terms: D001154:Art / Q000266:history; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005060:Europe; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006808:Humanism / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D010686:Philosophy, Medical / Q000266:history*; D011044:Poland; D012586:Science / Q000266:history