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THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT: WESTERN PHILOSOPHY AND ITS INFLUENCE ON MEDICINE

MAMATQULOVA NILUFAR KHUSANOVNA,QURBONOVA MOHINUR BAXTIYOROVNA,QARSHIYEVA DINORA KAMOL QIZI,YO‘LDOSHEVA NOZIMA BAXTIYOR QIZI , PhD, Acting Associate Professor Department of Social Sciences and Humanities Termez Branch of Tashkent State Medical University,“Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Termiz State University”,1st year medical student Tashkent State Medical University, Termez Branch,1st year medical student Tashkent State Medical University, Termez Branch

Abstract

 This article analyzes the influence of ancient Greek and Roman philosophical schools (including the Milesian and Eleatic schools, Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Democritus) on medical science, the etiology of diseases, and medical ethics (deontology) based on the IMRAD structure. Through historical-logical analysis and comparative study, the conceptual connection between ancient philosophical ideas and modern medical concepts such as humoral theory, homeostasis, psychosomatics, biometry, and molecular pharmacology is revealed. In conclusion, it is scientifically substantiated that the study of ancient Western philosophy shapes comprehensive clinical and analytical thinking in medical practitioners, allowing them to approach the patient as a biopsychosocial entity.

Keywords

Philosophy of antiquity, history of medicine, medical deontology, humoral theory, homeostasis, psychosomatics, biopsychosocial approach, medical epistemology.

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT: WESTERN PHILOSOPHY AND ITS INFLUENCE ON MEDICINE. (2026). International Journal of Medical Sciences, 6(4), 409-412. https://doi.org/10.55640/