Talk:Anamnesis

Incarnation
In the translation of Meno I have read (Benjamin Jowett), Plato does not specify a theory of reincarnation. Although that is a reasonable extrapolation of the dialogue, other interpretations should be at least noted. The one incarnation of birth only needs happen once in Plato's anamnesis, for knowledge can be imparted during the time "when he was not a man." Also in the Apology he describes death as one of either two states: sleep or eternal life. It seems erroneous to assume Plato required reincarnation as a part of anamnesis. If someone has a better translation or scholarly evidence to refute this, I would be happy to hear it. Timjim7 02:28, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Definition
The article reads:

Anamnesis (Greek: αναμνησις = recollection, reminiscence) is a term used in medicine, philosophy, psychoanalysis and religion.

But leaves it at that. The article should at least indicate the most popular meanings of anamnesis right at the beginning section. VTaltos 21:21, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

I question the entire premise that anamnesis means medical history (which is where you end up if your follow the link). Here in Finland the word, in it's Finnish derivative anamneesi, refers to the information that the patient gives the doctor when presenting and the answers to questions the doctor raises. That corresponds well with the original root Greek word meaning recall so I am convinced that the Finns use the word correctly. The recollections of the patient with or without prompting. For example "I have seen what looks like blood in my urine. I had a similar thing years ago but I was prescribed tablets and it went away". This is quite different from the much more comprehensive medical history which is something written up by medical professionals and which these days is held on a national database. This will contain the anamnesis, but also much more such as test findings, examination findings, previous presentations and earlier diagnoses. The full medical history is accessible online by the patient who can authorize (and more usefully pre-authorize) all medical professionals to access it. A citizen can always see who has accessed the record and when.

I do not think that there should be an automatic redirect to Medical record from Anamnesis in Wiktionary and nor do I think the article Medical Record in Wikipedia should infer that medical record and anamnesis are synonymous when they are not. There is a discussion about the redirect in Wiktionary where users have said that they have never come across the term Anemnesis but really that is no excuse. It is a word in English and yes, Dictionary.com gives medical history as one meaning, but I do think that this should not override the prime meaning of patient recollection. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:14BA:27ED:8900:1C7C:FDE8:96D6:7BA7 (talk) 14:52, 9 January 2023 (UTC)