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There is one thing much more dangerous than failing to make a diagnosis. That is making an incorrect diagnosis. The least dangerous is to choose not to make a diagnosis and inform the practice member of that fact.

Empiricism depends upon the senses, powers of observation and skill. The problem is that too much of what takes place in the human body cannot be perceived by the senses.

“Force” in chiropractic thinking is not the nerve impulse. It is the ”wish” of the innate intelligence that is being carried out by the mental impulse. That is why it is called a “mental impulse.” It is different from a nerve impulse. It is analogous to flipping a switch to turn on a lamp. It ... Read more

to eReaders, sometimes discussion on the blog gets confusing as we are not always on the same page. Discussion in philosophy can only be valuable if we agree on terms. I have compiled a glossary of terms directly from Chiropractic Textbook by RW Stephenson for use in our discussions. To help those new to the ... Read more

Was the discovery of chiropractic in 1895 the last gasp of the metaphysical influence upon science or was it the rebirth of a new science in which metaphysical concepts would play a foundational role in any science? While the outside-in naturalistic model would like it to be the latter, there is much argument from history ... Read more

A “chiropractic columnist” just published an article about the status of the trust that the public has for chiropractors. I will save comment on the thrust of the article for another time but he mentioned something in passing that I think is worthy of commentary now. He had had a new patient that day who ... Read more

The first thing you must teach a practice member is the chiropractic objective.

Induction:drawing conclusions about the whole from studying the parts. Does induction (inductive reasoning) begin either knowingly or unknowingly with the assumption that everything about the “parts” is either known or not worth knowing?Or if we assume that there are parts or aspects of the whole that are unknown to us or cannot be fully known ... Read more

…with new practice member: “I don’t know a lot about xyz disease(condition) but I know that an interference in the nerve system caused by a vertbral subluxation reduces your body’s ability to do everything including but not limited to healing or curing itself of a disease.

You cannot teach anything without using words. You must first teach a practice member a vocabulary and the first phrase in that vocabulary must be the chiropractic objective.