This important book analyzes the major schools of thought in contemporary Western science in order to arrive at a philosophy (or philosophies) of science consistent with the discipline of nursing. After examining traditional empiricist views of science, the contributors focus on the schools of thought that challenge them. Next, they introduce postmodern schools of thought including feminism, phenomenology, critical theory and poststructuralism. Each analytic discussion is followed by a chapter exploring how particular tenets of the school have influenced the development of nursing knowledge and nursing science.
M. Adelaide Nursing Chair, School of Nursing, John Hopkins University. Professor and Independence Chair, School of Nursing, John Hopkins University.
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND THE EMPIRICIST SCHOOL OF THOUGHT Introduction: Nursing Science for Nursing Practice - Sue Karen Donaldson Contemporary Empiricism - Sandra J Weiss Pragmatism - Christine E Kapser The Problem with the Bottom Line PART TWO: REVOLUTIONARY/EVOLUTIONARY PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Science as Tradition and Tradition Shattering - Jacquelyn Anne K Kegley Thomas Kuhn's Philosophy of Science Moving Beyond - Barbara Riegel et al A Generative Philosophy of Science Science as Problem Solving - Sara T Fry An Evolutionary Approach to the Discipline of Nursing and Nursing Administration - Cathy Rodgers Ward PART THREE: POSTMODERN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Feminism, Science and Nursing - Ruth Ginzberg The Method Question - Sandra Harding Pain: An Issue of Gender - Gayle Giboney Page Phenomenology and Science - Anna Omery and Carol Mack The Experience of Surgery - Marlene Zichi Cohen and Kenneth Norris, Jr. Phenomenological Clinical Nursing Research A Hermeneutical Human Science for Nursing - Richard H Steeves and David L Kahn Passages Through the Heart - Francelyn Reeder A Hermeneutic of Choice Critical Theory for Science of Nursing Practice - Hesook Suzie Kim and Inger Margrethe Holter Methodology for Critical Theory - Inger Margrethe Holter and Hesook Suzie Kim Critical Action Research Post-Structuralist Science - Laura Dzurec An Historical Account for Profound Visibility Severe Mental Disability? Or a Play of Wills? - Laura Dzurec PART FOUR: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SCIENCE AND PRACTICE Applied Science, Practice and Intervention Technology - Anne H Bishop and John R Scudder, Jr. Science and Practice - Hannah Dean The Nature of Knowledge Science as the Predictor of Professional Recognition and Success - Luther Chrisman Epilogue: The Journey Continues
