Social Nosology: an Introduction

SOCIAL NOSOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION

Nosology: branch of medicine that deals with classification of diseases.(Anc.Gr νόσος (nosos), meaning "disease", and -λογία (-logia), meaning "study of-").

Diseases are traditionally classified by three things:

1. etiology (cause) 
2. pathogenesis (mechanism by which the disease is caused) 
3. symptom(s) 

Alternatively, diseases may be classified according to the organ system involved (which for this purpose would be specific population groups within society), though this is often complicated since many diseases affect more than one organ.

A principal difficulty for nosologists is that diseases often cannot be defined and classified clearly, especially when either the etiology or pathogenesis are unknown. Thus diagnostic terms often only reflect a symptom or set of symptoms (syndrome).

(one of my many encyclopedias provided that definition)

Ok, so now that it has been clearly established what 'nosology' is, it should only take a simple exercise in deductive reasoning to work out that social nosology is 'Ainsleyspeak' for 'the academic and philosophical discipline of classifying, identifying and then bitching about all the things I think are broken in or wrong with society'. Will I offer a cure or course of medication? possibly...though that's not really the point.

The posts will take a uniform structure:

Subject Being Discussed
The discussion/rant/poison-spitting exercise will take place thusly.....

There may be a picture or two thrown in to illustrate/emphasize/reinforce what's being said, but then sometimes there won't be.

Those of a more delicate or liberal persuasion might label this as a platform for right-wing contempt, bigotry, propaganda, a Neo-Conservative agenda blah blah blah... to which I respond: please read the disclaimer in the first ever blog post "In Principio..."

That is not to say that comments aren't welcome... if debate is created around the things posted, than all the better however just know the following:

1. anything abusive will be deleted and if we happen to interact on a social level, I will be pulling you up on it.
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