Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh

Kazem Sadegh-Zadeh (born on 23 April, 1942 in Tabriz, Iran), is an analytic philosopher of medicine. He studied medicine and philosophy at the German universities of Münster, Berlin, and Göttingen with Internship and residency 1967-1971, assistant professor 1972-1982, full professor of philosophy of medicine at the University of Münster 1982-2004.

Sadegh-Zadeh is the founder of the analytic philosophy of medicine. His international recognition came especially through his work on clinical logic and methodology, including fuzzy logic and artificial intelligence in medicine. He is the founding editor of the international journals Metamed, founded in 1977 (current title: Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, published by Springer Verlag) and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, founded in 1989 (published by Elsevier). Among his extensive work are the following innovative theories: theory of medicine, theory of fuzzy biopolymers, the prototype resemblance theory of disease, and theory of the Machina Sapiens.

Selected publications

 * 1) K. Sadegh-Zadeh, Fundamentals of clinical methodology: 1. Differential indication. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 1994; 6: 83-102.
 * 2) K. Sadegh-Zadeh, Fundamentals of clinical methodology: 2. Etiology. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 1998; 12: 227-270.
 * 3) K. Sadegh-Zadeh, Fundamentals of clinical methodology: 3. Nosology. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 1999; 17: 87-108.
 * 4) K. Sadegh-Zadeh, Fundamentals of clinical methodology: 4. Diagnosis. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 2000; 20: 227-241.
 * 5) K. Sadegh-Zadeh, Fuzzy genomes. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 2000; 18: 1-28.
 * 6) K. Sadegh-Zadeh, Fuzzy health, illness, and disease. The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy 2000; 25: 605-638.
 * 7) K. Sadegh-Zadeh, The Fuzzy Revolution: Goodbye to the Aristotelian Weltanschauung. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine 2001; 21: 1-25.

Books published

 * 1) K. Sadegh-Zadeh, When Man Forgot How To Think: The Emergence of Machina Sapiens (in German: ‘Als der Mensch das Denken verlernte. Die Entstehung der Machina sapiens’). Burgverlag, Tecklenburg / Germany, 2000.