Cardio-Physiology Challenging Empirical Philosophy

With this volume of three essays, the authors want to create an opportunity for dialogue between different disciplines by taking a closer look at three cardio-physiological examples. In the essays presented, we will look at the exploration of different cardiological topics from the 20th century, all of which have contributed to a better understanding of certain aspects of cardiac activity. Not only do these insights provide a more complete picture of these cardiac phenomena, but it is also within this context that we can look for and into the patterns of regularities which govern this living organism. Our goal is to stimulate a dialogue on the philosophy of science in the spirit of Hans Reichenbach.

Brigitte Lohff, born in 1945, worked as a criminal psychologist in Hamburg after studying psychology. She received her doctorate in the history of science in 1977 and her habilitation in the history of medicine at Kiel University in 1986. From 1994 until her retirement in 2013, she held the chair for the history of medicine at the Hanover Medical School. She authored ca. 200 publications on the history of physiology, cardiology, and philosophy of medicine, as well as on gender medicine.