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- Title
Shattering the Myth of Semmelweis.
- Authors
Tulodziecki, Dana
- Abstract
The case of Semmelweis has been well known since Hempel. More recently, it has been revived by Peter Lipton, Donald Gillies, Alexander Bird, Alex Broadbent, and Raphael Scholl. While these accounts differ on what exactly the case of Semmelweis shows, they all agree that Semmelweis was an excellent reasoner. This widespread agreement has also given rise to a puzzle: why Semmelweis's views were rejected for so long. I aim to dissolve both this puzzle and the standard view of Semmelweis by showing that, contrary to prevailing opinion, Semmelweis was not the excellent reasoner he has been assumed to be.
- Subjects
SEMMELWEIS, Ignac Fulop, 1818-1865; OBSTETRICIANS; PUERPERAL septicemia; ETIOLOGY of diseases; PHILOSOPHY of medicine; PHILOSOPHY of science
- Publication
Philosophy of Science, 2013, Vol 80, Issue 5, p1065
- ISSN
0031-8248
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1086/673935