Construction of medical knowledge: ethical-political criticism

Abstract

This article is a commentary on the book Natural, racional, social: razão médica e racionalidade científica moderna by Madel T. Luz. Her criticism of rationality and scientific methodology is based on recognizing an ideological aspect in these dimensions, outlined mainly from the Industrial Era. Her reflections seek answers to explain the marginalization of other ways of dealing with reality that were and remain under attack by the hegemonical model of modern science (with special attention to vitalism, a striking aspect of homeopathy). Aesthetics are crucial in the production and dissemination of knowledge as the basis to broaden the vision toward different perspectives of rationality and ethical elaboration.