Developing Nursing Knowledge Philosophical Traditions and Influences

by Rodgers, Beth L.

• ISBN13: 9780781747080
• ISBN10: 0781747082
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-30
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

This text offers a comprehensive discussion of philosophies that are relevant to the conceptualization and development of the knowledge base and discipline of nursing. Coverage progresses from classical philosophy to the rationalism of Descartes, the roots of modern science in British empiricism, the evolution of modern science, and the concept of interpretive inquiry. Also included are chapters on the knowledge-practice connection and models for nursing knowledge development. This book explores how philosophy shapes aspects of nursing and provides students with a much richer and fuller understanding of how nursing works, how it can be approached most effectively, and how it might be shaped to advance in the future.

Author Biography

Beth L. Rodgers, PhD, RN, FAAN University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1 Understanding Nursing Knowledge	1	(18)
THE NATURE OF NURSING KNOWLEDGE	2	(1)
THE HISTORY OF NURSING KNOWLEDGE	3	(5)
Nursing Education	4	(1)
Shared Knowledge	5	(1)
Borrowed Knowledge	6	(2)
KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT	8	(4)
Nursing as a Discipline	8	(1)
Theory Development	9	(3)
NURSING KNOWLEDGEASA FOUNDATION FOR NURSING PRACTICE AND RESEARCH	12	(2)
The Role of Philosophy: Understanding Nursing Knowledge	13	(1)
Knowledge and Science	14	(1)
CONCLUSION	14	(5)
CHAPTER 2 Knowledge in Classical Philosophy	19	(16)
COSMOLOGY IN ANCIENT GREECE	20	(13)
The Socratic Era	21	(1)
The Platonic "Forms"	22	(2)
The Demonstrations of Aristotle	24	(7)
Influence of Aristotle	31	(2)
CONCLUSION	33	(2)
CHAPTER 3 Knowledge From Within: The Rationalism of Descartes	35	(12)
OVERVIEW OF DESCARTES' PHILOSOPHY	36	(9)
Historical Influences	36	(1)
Development of Method	36	(3)
Distinction of Body and Mind	39	(2)
Knowledge of the External World	41	(1)
Implications	42	(1)
Criticisms and Objections	43	(1)
Contributions to Modern Science	44	(1)
CONCLUSION	45	(2)
CHAPTER 4 The Road to Modern Science: British Empiricism	47	(20)
PHILOSOPHY OF SIR FRANCIS BACON	48	(7)
Emphasis on Applicable Knowledge	49	(1)
Need for a New Method	50	(3)
Tables of Discovery	53	(1)
Implications	54	(1)
IDEAS OF JOHN LOCKE	55	(5)
Origins of Knowledge	55	(2)
Nature of Experience	57	(1)
Formation of Complex Ideas	58	(2)
Development of Knowledge from Ideas	60	(1)
DAVID HUME'S EXPANSION OF LOCKE'S WORK	60	(3)
Functions of the Mind	61	(2)
CONCLUSION	63	(4)
CHAPTER 5 The Transcendental Idealism of Immanual Kant	67	(16)
KANT'S CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON	69	(10)
A Priori Judgments	70	(2)
Transcendental Doctrine of the Elements	72	(3)
New Realm of Knowledge	75	(1)
Implications	76	(1)
Phenomenology	77	(2)
CONCLUSION	79	(4)
CHAPTER 6 Modern Science: Mirror of Reality	83	(14)
THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOGICAL POSITIVISM	84	(2)
Comte's Positivism	85	(1)
Incorporating Logic into Positivism	85	(1)
BASIC TENETS OF LOGICAL POSITIVISM	86	(2)
Rejection of Metaphysics	86	(1)
Role of Language	87	(1)
Unification of Science	87	(1)
LOGICAL POSITIVISM AND THEORY DEVELOPMENT	88	(2)
Theory and Language	88	(1)
Theory as a Tool of Prediction	88	(1)
Hypotheticodeductive Model	89	(1)
LOGICAL POSITIVISM'S INFLUENCE ON NURSING	90	(4)
Theory Development	91	(1)
Limitations of Logical Positivism in Nursing Theory Development	92	(2)
CONCLUSION	94	(3)
CHAPTER 7 Science in Context: Historicist Conceptualizations of Science	97	(18)
OVERVIEW OF HISTORICISM	98	(1)
INFLUENCE OF THOMAS KUHN	99	(7)
Paradigms	99	(3)
Kuhn's Contributions to Science and Nursing	102	(4)
LAUDAN'S VIEW OF SCIENCE	106	(6)
Critique of Kuhn's View	106	(1)
Problem Solving	107	(2)
Laudan and the Sociology of Knowledge	109	(1)
Laudan's Contributions to Nursing and Science	110	(2)
CONCLUSION	112	(3)
CHAPTER 8 Conceptual Repertoires and Leaps	115	(16)
BACKGROUNDS FOR UNDERSTANDING TOULMIN	116	(1)
Precedence of the Rational View of Science	116	(1)
Kuhn's Influence on Rationalism in Science	116	(1)
TOULMIN'S IDEA OF SCIENCE	117	(9)
Inward-Looking Versus Outward-Looking Approaches	118	(1)
Concepts	119	(1)
Definitions of a Discipline	120	(1)
Toulmin's Definition of Scientific Problems	121	(1)
Understanding the Concepts of a Discipline	122	(1)
Explanation of Change	123	(2)
The Nature and Role of Concepts	125	(1)
Role of "Strategic Consensus"	125	(1)
SUMMARY OF TOULMIN'S WORK	126	(1)
RELEVANCE FOR NURSING	127	(2)
CONCLUSION	129	(2)
CHAPTER 9 The Postmodern Turn	131	(14)
POSTMODERNISM	131	(4)
Basic Tenet of Postmodernism	132	(2)
Role of Discourse	134	(1)
STRUCTURALISM	135	(1)
POSTSTRUCTURALISM	135	(4)
Deconstruction	136	(3)
APPLICATIONS OF POSTMODERNISM IN NURSING	139	(3)
Poststructuralist Inquiry	139	(1)
Deconstruction	139	(2)
Employing Plurality in Research	141	(1)
Praxis	141	(1)
CONCLUSION	142	(3)
CHAPTER 10 Interpretive Inquiry: The Mirror Cracked	145	(16)
THE HERMENEUTIC TRADITION	146	(6)
Premises of Hermeneutics	147	(2)
The Hermeneutic Circle	149	(1)
Ricoeur and the Role of Action	150	(1)
Hermeneutics and Phenomenology	151	(1)
CRITICAL SOCIAL THEORY	152	(3)
The Contributions of Habermas	152	(2)
Habermas' Theory of Communicative Action	154	(1)
IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING	155	(2)
CONCLUSION	157	(4)
CHAPTER 11 Feminism and Science	161	(12)
THE BEGINNINGS OF FEMINIST POLITICS	161	(3)
Seneca Falls Convention of 1848	163	(1)
FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY	164	(3)
OUTCOMES OF FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY	167	(2)
IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING	169	(1)
CONCLUSION	170	(3)
CHAPTER 12 Problems and Practicalities in Developing Nursing Knowledge	173	(14)
ENSURING A "FIT" AMONG KNOWLEDGE AND NURSING GOALS	174	(3)
TAKING A "PROBLEM-SOLVING" APPROACH	177	(7)
Forms of Nursing Problems	179	(1)
Relevance of a Problem-Solving Approach to Knowledge	180	(2)
The Role of Existing Research in Problem Solving	182	(2)
CONCLUSION	184	(3)
CHAPTER 13 Models for Nursing Knowledge Development	187	(12)
SUGGESTED MODELS FOR KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT	188	(8)
Identifying Goals, Criteria, and Ideas of Progress	189	(1)
Theory-Oriented Development	189	(3)
Concept Development	192	(1)
Experience, Story, and Narrative	193	(2)
Context and Criticism	195	(1)
CONCLUSION	196	(3)
CHAPTER 14 The Future of Nursing Knowledge	199	(10)
DOMAINS OF NURSING	201	(4)
Nurses and the Environment	203	(2)
EXPANDING PHILOSOPHICAL AWARENESS	205	(1)
METHODOLOGICAL ADVANCES	206	(1)
CONCLUSION	207	(2)
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A: PHILOSOPHY TIMELINE	209	(4)
APPENDIX B: BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS FOR MAJOR PHILOSOPHERS	213	(6)
APPENDIX C: SELECTED PHILOSOPHY INTERNET LINKS	219	(2)
INDEX	221