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Tag Archives: systems theory
Systems
Some time past, early in my philosophical venture (say, around 1980) — and then again, more recently (shortly before the turn of the millennium) — it dawned on me that nearly everyone I respected or whose accomplishments I found illuminating … Continue reading
Posted in Health / Health Systems, Methodology, personal development, Philosophy, Science and Technology
Tagged antifragility, closed systems, computer systems, formal systems, habits as systems, health systems, inventors, Nassim Nicholas Taleb antifragility, open systems, Primary Prevention, system thinkers list, systems, systems and climate disruption, systems and environment, systems introduction to, systems naturalism or intelligent design, systems science, systems theory, systems thinking, what is a system, worldviews
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Back to Basics (3). Self-Improvement As a Core Value
Self-improvement is the final core value, and so this completes this series of three articles. Stoicism is the ancient philosophy that merges philosophy generally with self-improvement, and perhaps this is why there is so much interest in Stoicism today. Continue reading
Posted in applied philosophy, personal development, Philosophy
Tagged applied philosophy, better every day, core values, Dale Carnegie, Darren Hardy, David Hume, Four Cardinal Errors, influence and persuasion, Is man a rational animal, Medium, personal development, self help and philosophy, self improvement, Steven Yates, stoicism, systems theory, systems thinking, What Should Philosophy Do?, Zeno of Citium
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Primary Prevention and the Three Levels of Health Care
In light of what may well be remembered as the Coronavirus Crisis of 2020, I am setting aside other projects and turning more attention to issues of public health education — and, hopefully, philosophy’s relevance to public health. Although it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, Political Economy
Tagged Arnold School of Public Health, Big Pharma, chronic conditions managed for profit, Coronavirus, coronavirus crisis, coronavirus hysteria, coronavirus scare, coronavirus symptoms, Covid-19, health care cost crisis, health care cost crisis U.S., health care crisis U.S., Obamacare, Primary Prevention, public health educaiton, systems theory, systems theory health education, Three Levels of Health Care, Three Levels of Prevention
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Lost Generation Philosopher 