Deep meditation as a valid "scientific" method: A flawed argument.
Indian journal of medical ethics January 1, 2025 Kishor Patwardhan
An interventional neurologist's critique of a prior article on Ayurveda contains a logical contradiction: he questions the assumptions of Western science while claiming ancient Ayurveda and Yoga masters gained knowledge of human physiology through deep meditation, a method lacking external validity, yet he simultaneously advocates for external validity to test Ayurvedic treatments. The author highlights this inconsistency in the neurologist's argument.