Journal #5

Esmeralda Santa
English 21003, Section M
Professor Matyakubova
October 11 2017
Journal Entry #5
                                                    
                                                 Question on “The Miracle in Front Of You”
        After reading the article “The Miracle in Front of You” by Janice Schuster, my question is 

should medical students take philosophy classes and how would this be an advantage? I propose this 

question because many times throughout the interview, Barfield states how being a doctor is more 

than just learning the biology aspect of the field. We know that in medical school, the students 

mostly focus on the science classes such as biology or anatomy, so many would not even consider 

wasting time taking philosophy. Barfield on the other hand, believes that philosophy is essential in 

medicine because it allows us to think about death. 

        
        The discussion on death also sparked my question on philosophy. Barfield argues that doctors 

might know what causes death, but they do not know what death actually is. He also puts emphasis 

on how doctors should question what happens after death. Is there life after death, does reincarnation 

exist? Questions like these are one of the fundamental principles of philosophy. In my opinion I 

agree with Barfield in the need for doctors to be good in philosophy because right now I am also 

taking philosophy and I believe there are many topics that would help in the medical aspect. Besides 

this, my philosophy teacher also told me that the best philosopher questions everything. This 

connects to Barfields idea of doctors needing to think about other fields besides science.

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