The Vitalism of Naturopathy (continued):

2008-03-16T10:44:00.000-07:00

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I. AANP type ND schools: (continued):

the University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine states:

[Overview {this is my alma mater, their first admitted cohort towards their ND was fall 1997, I was in the 3rd cohort}:

specific vitalistic-spiritistic-teleological 'purposeful life spirit' woo-woo based / obligated medical systems are known as SECTARIAN --

e.g., the vitalistic-teleological-spiritistic, reasonably, are items of faith or conscience, not items of science-basis;

the keystone naturopathic belief "healing power of nature" is, when fleshed-out, a 'vitalistic spiritistic teleological unevidenced superstition';

now, UB and UBCNM therein are chartered and self-labeled as NONSECTARIAN institutions with naturopathy labeled as "health science";

SO, how is this inconsistency and complete contradiction explained? HOW is a program that requires specific supernatural and not-science-baseable belief obligations and is thus sectarian and unscientific in obligation, STILL nonsectarian and scientific?

How is an elephant a giraffe? Simply, it is not -- something is not what it is different from {particularly epistemically}.

Specific articles of faith obligations are not nonsectarian, they are the definition of the sectarian. What isn't in evidence can't be science-based. The institution of UBCNM naturopathy / naturopathic medicine is a falsehood, a hoax; it is a fraud.

AANP AANMC UBCNM FNPLA and kind naturopathy all seem immune from the ethical obligations of the professions, science, medicine, and education...and thus, I state this whole "UBCNM sectarian nonscientific program labeled as nonsectarian and scientific" is a racket that is immune from accountability, and therefore a "SOCIAL INJUSTICE."]

i.[UB webpage]

[in "Six Guiding Principles. Guiding Principle #1"]

"the healing power of nature. Viz [sp., vis] medicatrix naturae: the body has the inherent ability to establish, maintain, and restore health. The healing process is ordered and intelligent [purposeful; goal-directed]; nature heals through the response of the life force. The physician's role is to facilitate and augment this process";

(click here,

http://www.bridgeport.edu/ub/nm/Six_Prihtm.htm)[vsc 2008-10-04]

(archived here,

http://web.archive.org/web/20040405090645/http://www.bridgeport.edu/ub/nm/Six_Prihtm.htm)[vsc 2010-06-29]

(for the archive.org history of this page, click here,

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bridgeport.edu/ub/nm/Six_Prihtm.htm)

(click here,

http://www1bpt.bridgeport.edu/ub/nm/Six_Prihtm.htm)[vsc 2010-11-04)

[blocked]

[defunct](for a youtube.com slideshow, click here {00.00.00 to 00.00.37},

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8UN_dmf9WyM)

[defunct](also for a youtube.com slideshow, click here,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxTZH2YMkSc)

(for a digg.com social bookmark of this {live page}, click here,

http://digg.com/general_sciences/UBCNM_s_Essential_Vitalism_ND_Sectic_Creed_Principle_01)

(for a digg.com social bookmark of this {2004 page}, click here,

http://digg.com/general_sciences/Naturopathy_s_Essential_Vitalism_UBCNM_Principle_1_2004)

[defunct](for a youtube.com slideshow of this {2004 page}, click here {00.02.22-00.02.54},

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC5lN8Fs0l8)

ii.[UB webpage]

[in "Six Guiding Principles. Guiding principle #3"]

"six guiding principles. Guiding principle #3. First do no harm. Viz [sp., vis] primum no nocere: illiness [sp., illness] is a purposeful process of the organism. The process of healing includes the generation of symptoms which are, in fact, an expression of the life force attempting to heal itself. Therapeutic actions should be complimentary to and synergistic with this healing process. The physician's actions can support or antagonize the actions of he [sp., the] viz [sp., vis] medicatrix naturae. Therefore, methods designed to supress [sp., suppress] symptoms without removing underlying causes are considered harmful and are avoided or minimized";

(click here,

http://www.bridgeport.edu/ub/nm/Six_Prithree.htm)[vsc 2010-04-25]

(archived here,

http://web.archive.org/web/20041224053526/http://www.bridgeport.edu/ub/nm/Six_Prithree.htm)

(for the archive.org history of this page, click here,

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bridgeport.edu/ub/nm/Six_Prithree.htm)

(click here,

http://www1bpt.bridgeport.edu/ub/nm/Six_Prithree.htm)[vsc 2010-06-29]

(archived here,

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(for the archive.org history of this page, click here,

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www1bpt.bridgeport.edu/ub/nm/Six_Prithree.htm)

(for a digg.com social bookmark of this {live page}, click here,

http://digg.com/general_sciences/UBCNM_s_Essential_Vitalism_ND_Sectic_Creed_Principle_03)

[defunct](for a youtube.com slideshow of this {a 'go see' citation'}, click here {00.01.11-00.01.25},

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6B6FfBgQBI)

iii.[UB webpage]

[in "Naturopathic Principles and Practice"]

"Principles and Practice 521. Introduction to Natural Therapeutics [...] 1 lecture hour, 1 semester credit [...] in addition to employing various natural medicines, students will gain an important perspective of the vital force and its role in the healing process, when used in conjunction with naturopathic principles";

(click here,

http://www.bridgeport.edu/pages/2647.asp)[vsc 2010-06-13]

(archived here,

http://web.archive.org/web/20041010100424/http://www.bridgeport.edu/pages/2647.asp)

(for the archive.org history of this page, click here,

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bridgeport.edu/pages/2647.asp)

iv.[gradprofiles.com]

[in "University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine"(2002-)]

"the University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine offers an intensive program of professional education leading to the Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine (N.D.) degree. Naturopathic medicine is grounded in the vitalistic tradition of medicine";

(click here,

http://www.gradprofiles.com/u-bridgeport-naturopathic.html)[vsc 2008-10-25, 2011-10-14]

(archived here,

http://web.archive.org/web/20021223222329/http://www.gradprofiles.com/u-bridgeport-naturopathic.html)[vsc 2010-06-13]

(for the archive.org history of this page, click here,

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.gradprofiles.com/u-bridgeport-naturopathic.html)

(for a digg.com social bookmark of this {live page}, click here,

http://digg.com/general_sciences/UBCNM_Per_Gradprofiles_com_Vitalistic_Grounded_Pseudomed)

[defunct](for a youtube.com slideshow of this, click here,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DsZANDlkGM)

v.[UB catalog]

[in "Graduate Courses of Instruction 2002-2004"]

“naturopathic principles and practice [...] Principles and Practice 511. Naturopathic History and Philosophy [...] the philosophy of vitalism [...] Principles and Practice 521. Naturopathic Philosophy and Therapeutics [...] the philosophical principles of empirical [!] medicine with an emphasis on vitalism [p.249]“;

(click here,

http://www.bridgeport.edu/academics/UBCat0204-GradCourses.pdf)

(archived here,

http://web.archive.org/web/20030802220222/http://www.bridgeport.edu/academics/UBCat0204-GradCourses.pdf)

(for the archive.org history of this page, click here,

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bridgeport.edu/academics/UBCat0204-GradCourses.pdf)

vi.[UB catalog]

[in "Graduate Degree Programs 2006-2008"]

“Principles and Practice 312. Philosophy of naturopathic medicine 1. This course will explore the philosophical foundations of naturopathic medicine, which forms the basis for therapeutic intervention. Vitalistic medicine in the United States of American as an influence on the creation of the naturopathic profession [...] the overall emphasis of the course will be the philosophical principles that define the empirical 'natural laws' which describe the phenomena of healing [...] Principles and Practice 522. Philosophy of naturopathic medicine II [...] students will gain an important perspective of the vital force and its role in the healing process, when used in conjunction with naturopathic principles”;

(click here,

http://www.bridgeport.edu/include/pdf/academics/UBCat0608_GraduateCourses.pdf)[vsc 2010-06-13]

(archived here,

)

(for the archive.org history of this page, click here,

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bridgeport.edu/include/pdf/academics/UBCat0608_GraduateCourses.pdf)

(for the UB catalogs page, click here,

http://www.bridgeport.edu/pages/3244.asp)

(for the archive.org history of this UB catalog page, click here,

http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.bridgeport.edu/pages/3244.asp)

vii.[my UB notes: from handouts I received directly from Dr. Sensenig, fall 1998]

[Dr. Sensenig, ND was UBCNM's founding Dean, and the first AANP President. He is also an FNPLA luminary, particularly as regards their FNMP].

[from my first semester course: NPP511 "Naturopathic History and Philosophy"]

"[from syllabus] course objectives: be able to explain the fundamental philosophical precepts of natural healing, including [...] vital force [...] texts [...] required: Lindlahr, Henry. Philosophy of Natural Therapeutics. Rev. ed. Saffron Walden (England): C.W. Daniels, 1975. Kent, James Tyler. Lectures on Homeopathic Philosophy. New Delhi: B. Jain Publishers, 1900. [...] class schedule - fall - 1998 [...] Oct. 29, 9:00 am-11:00 am, vis medicatrix naturae: the healing power of nature, vital force [...] Nov. 12 [...] 11:00 am-1:00 pm, vital force around the world [...lecture #1 handout] we will discuss the philosophy, but don't accept it just because others have elucidated it; watch, see, experience it. Verify for yourself [this never happened, since the vitalistic-spiritistic metaphysical isn't watched, seen, or experienced – it is IMAGINED – I, personally, find the empirical reality of a purposeful life spirit / vital force to be self delusion and the claim that it is scientific fact and science-based, as opposed to a sectarian article of faith / mythical figment, a gross falsehood...] purpose of this class: to explore those natural laws, or fixed principles [sectarian medical dogma] which govern health and disease [...including] vis medicatrix naturae. Healing power of nature [naturopathic medicine's fundamental fixed principle...and the] laws of cure (Herring's Rules) [ADIO etc....lecture #2 handout, the] dominant school's philosophy [...] basically, it is good vs. evil [!...] what is man [...] vitalistic, vital force [...] let's assume by vital force we simply mean that force or tendency which organizes and 'balances' the individual – the innate intelligence [...with] homeostasis [...] the physiological aspect of this [...and per] Paracelsus -[the] body [is] composed of: earth, water [per] lower sphere [and] fire, air [per] upper sphere [which is] tantamount to vitalistic theory [...] all diseases are caused by one main factor which is transgression of natural laws [vital force, ADIO etc.], the results of which are: decreased vital force [...] decreased vital force [...lecture #4, titled] vis medicatrix naturae = healing power of nature [...aka] the body's own ability to heal [...aka] vital force = energy essential for life [...aka] vital force, innate, life principle, prana, bioplasmic energy, the god power within you [I shit you not]." Note: This entails the 'purposeful life spirit' figment which is the central naturopathic sectarian article of faith / belief, of a program that labels itself "scientific medicine" and "non-sectarian." I cannot see how specific supernatural sectarian concepts can be within the nonsectarian scientific.

(click here,

http://www.scribd.com/doc/8506762/UB-Naturopathys-ScienceEjected-Vitalism-Autoentheism-Such-Woo)

(archived here,

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[defunct](for a youtube slideshow of this, click here,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx8_q0T56_M)

viii.[someone's UBCNM notes, publicly accessible]

[in “NPP512 - Philosophy and History of Naturopathic Medicine”{instructor: Sensenig, J. (ND NCNM)}{Fall 2005}]

“[a UBCNM first semester syllabus] vitalistic medicine in the United States of America as a precedential influence on the creation of the naturopathic profession will be discussed. This overall emphasis of this course will be on the philosophical principles that define vitalism [...] explain the fundamental philosophical precepts of natural healing, including [...] vis medicatrix naturae or vital force”;

(click here,

http://www.ubcnm.bbnyc.net/ucbnm/1st%20Semester/Naturopathic%20Philosophy/Sensenig%20Syllabis%20(2).doc)

(archived here,

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(for the archive.org history of this page, click here,

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[defunct](for a youtube.com slideshow that includes this VMN=VF equation {00.02.13-00.02.33, 00.03.04}, click here,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6g-qYAjENI)

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ix.[someone's UBCNM notes, publicly accessible]

[in “NPP511 - The History of Naturopathic Medicine”{instructor: Zampieron, E.R. (ND Bastyr)}{Fall 2005}]

“the vital force has: a morphogenetic component – indicating an aspect of the field that can generate and contain form; a biophysical component – referring to the actual energetic aspect of this field; a teleological component – refers to that aspect of formative intelligence that maintains integrity [...] the vital force must [...be] endowed with formative intelligence, i.e. it intelligently operates and forms the economy of the whole organism; [be a] substance [that] is subject to changes in other words, it may be flowing towards order or disorder, be sick or normal; pervaded the entire material substance without disturbing or replacing it [...] vitalism. The vitalists believed that there was a special quality of life which defied the laws of entropy [such has been scientifically refuted] and therefore had some great design or purpose [teleology], and that implied the existence of some cosmic force / designer / creator [supreme being, supreme supernatural agency]. Living things possess a vital force that energizes them in an unmeasurable, nonphysical, nonchemical manner which acts beyond the laws of physics and thermodynamics. 'Life force' has been called throughout history: elan vital, pranha [sp., prana] ki, qi, mana, vis medicatrix naturae, pneuma or innate intelligence, they are all referring to the same, vital principle. The Chinese taoist speaks of 'qi,' the undifferentiated primal energy pervading the universe, which is an essential feature in Chinese medical practice, and is regarded as the motivating, force that animates us all. An invisible force known only by its effects, qi is recognized indirectly by what it fosters, generates, and protects. In the same way prana is an essential feature of most Indian philosophy and is used conceptually in its own medicine to underpin the shifting energies between nature and organism. These effects have been measured [!] by biophysicists, like Dr. Beverly Rubick [!] of Temple University. The innate intelligence was a corporeal expression of 'universal intelligence' [...] mechanism [that is, methodology of the modern-scientific variety] denies [false, there is no evidence – denial implies evidence is being suppressed] the existence of vital force, qi, biophoton field, auric field [...mechanism holds] there is no creator / guiding vital force [... ] vitalism addresses the entire organism [...] strengthen the vitalizing forces”;

(click here,

http://www.ubcnm.bbnyc.net/ucbnm/1st%20Semester/Naturopathic%20History/Archive/Lecture%203%20-%20Vitalism%20vs.%20Mechanism.pdf)

(archived here,
)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vM1kGC3qBc)

Appendix B.01.a.99. - Naturopathy's Vitalism - UBCNM:

The Vitalism of Naturopathy (continued):