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Medicine is often understood as a scientific discipline. It prides itself on the scientific methodology of its findings and its actions on the basis of reliable and reproducible data as well as the general validity and transferability of its results. In fact, medicine had achieved its greatest successes when, in the middle of the nineteenth century, it broke away from the humanistic tradition, from holistic thinking, turned to the rational consideration of scientific phenomena, and tried to master its tasks with the means of modern natural science. These successes were so impressive that the whole field of medicine was regarded as a branch of the natural sciences, as applied natural science. And so one was convinced that knowledge of the scientific facts and laws was sufficient to gain insight into what is useful and helpful for the sick person [1, 2].

If we knew what it is we are doing, it would not be called science, would it?

Albert Einstein

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Zentner, J. (2020). A Personal View. In: Surgical Treatment of Epilepsies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48748-5_18

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