The Practical Results of Western World View in Traditional Medicine and Its Comparison with the Islamic Medicine

Abstract

ABSTRACTBACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The differences in worldviews among different communities, lead to the differences in sciences of the human community.METHODS: In this study, the foundation of worldview in Current Western Medicine is stated and it is compared with what is the foundation of Islamic Medicine’ worldview. Then we matched practical orientations of these two medical cultures with their worldviews.FINDINGS: The sciences that originated in monotheistic intellectual atmosphere differ from the sciences that originated in the humanistic atmosphere. The western medicine, supported by the non-monotheistic, humanistic concepts, seeks and tries to replace God with man. Therefore, all existing qualities expressed in monotheistic worldview for God are sought for man. Efforts are made to perpetuate man, introduce him as the absolute all-knowing aware of all the existence. Creation from the naught in the world, are among the instances of this ideology. From the viewpoint of the Islamic medicine, originating from the monotheistic ideology, not only the material causes of treatment are acceptable, but the whole world, including pain and treatment origin only from God. Physician is considered as the tool and representative for God’s Remedial attribution.CONCLUSION: The result of this research shows that the science produced on the basis of theistic world view is different from the sciences produced on the basis atheistic world view.

Keywords

• Islamic Medicine
• Western Medicine
• Islamic world view
• Western Ideology.