BIOTECNOLOGíA GENéTICA E INSTRUMENTALIZACIóN DE LA CORPOREIDAD EN LA VISIóN POSTMODERNA DE LA MEDICINA

since the eighteen century, a new dualist trend has emerged in the health sciences towards a more mathematical vision of reality. the model is not new at all. what is new is the real possibility of applying it to human beings through biotechnology. a mathematical and molecular view of the human body makes it possible to create ideal models that can enable real action and changes; that is, truly new modifications to human corporeality. the will of the physician as a creator, not just as a palliative agent in the face of destiny, is a very difficult temptation to overcome in representing the limits of knowledge.