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Chiropractic Philosophy
Basic description of the philosophy of chiropractic. This book introduces us to chiropractic philosophy and contains the Freshman and Sophomore sections.
246 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1991
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February 13, 2015
This is the second book I read from Dr Strauss. After having had the honor of meeting him in person and learning from his experience, patience and respect toward all the living things, I decided to read more of his works.
The book "Chiropractic Philosophy" is a great improvement on the delivery of the message of objective straight chiropractic (that branch of the profession that defines Chiropractic through its objective of locating, analyzing and correcting vertebral subluxations). It presents dozens of quite interesting and useful analogies and does a fine job in explaining details of Stephenson's 1927's Chiropractic Textbook.
For a mixer like myself, it is a great source to understand why the straight chiropractor does what he does.
If there are areas where improvement could be made, it appears that, according to my point of view, the text could have passed through a more thorough revision. That could fix some misspellings, paragraph separations and the lack of separations between words of the Glossary.
Through this book I could learn a great deal about the shortcomings of using the deductive method, disregarding a posteriori or inductive reasoning. A lot of questions and objections came to my mind, which means that it made me think... And nothing can be better than that =)
As this work is written admittedly by a biased perspective in regard to straight chiropractic, my critics of the subject would not be valuable. The only attitudes that seems to be out of place are the failure to acknowledge scientific achievements, view points and the lack of consideration for other health care professions (as in the Chapter "Normal Vs Average"); and the failure to understand modern science and discuss matters regarding widely accepted concepts and theories (again, the problem with deductive reasoning when there are no yardsticks to guide it through a truthful path).
The book "Chiropractic Philosophy" is a great improvement on the delivery of the message of objective straight chiropractic (that branch of the profession that defines Chiropractic through its objective of locating, analyzing and correcting vertebral subluxations). It presents dozens of quite interesting and useful analogies and does a fine job in explaining details of Stephenson's 1927's Chiropractic Textbook.
For a mixer like myself, it is a great source to understand why the straight chiropractor does what he does.
If there are areas where improvement could be made, it appears that, according to my point of view, the text could have passed through a more thorough revision. That could fix some misspellings, paragraph separations and the lack of separations between words of the Glossary.
Through this book I could learn a great deal about the shortcomings of using the deductive method, disregarding a posteriori or inductive reasoning. A lot of questions and objections came to my mind, which means that it made me think... And nothing can be better than that =)
As this work is written admittedly by a biased perspective in regard to straight chiropractic, my critics of the subject would not be valuable. The only attitudes that seems to be out of place are the failure to acknowledge scientific achievements, view points and the lack of consideration for other health care professions (as in the Chapter "Normal Vs Average"); and the failure to understand modern science and discuss matters regarding widely accepted concepts and theories (again, the problem with deductive reasoning when there are no yardsticks to guide it through a truthful path).
April 10, 2026
Five stars for the laughs.
“Related to the office of chiropractic there are very few educated decisions that the chiropractor makes.” - Joseph B. Strauss, D.C. F.C.S.C.
Picked up the decorative literature in the lobby at my chiropractor’s office while waiting for my adjustment earlier, and brought this quote to his attention when the much longer than usual wait was complete. Could not have been more alarmed and amused. A very well spent evening indeed.
“Related to the office of chiropractic there are very few educated decisions that the chiropractor makes.” - Joseph B. Strauss, D.C. F.C.S.C.
Picked up the decorative literature in the lobby at my chiropractor’s office while waiting for my adjustment earlier, and brought this quote to his attention when the much longer than usual wait was complete. Could not have been more alarmed and amused. A very well spent evening indeed.
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