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Developing Nursing Knowledge » (1st Edition)
Authors: Beth L Rodgers
ISBN-13: 9780781747080, ISBN-10: 0781747082
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health
Date Published: September 2000
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: Beth L Rodgers
Book Synopsis
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.
Table of Contents
| Ch. 1 | Understanding nursing knowledge | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | Knowledge in classical philosophy | 19 |
| Ch. 3 | Knowledge from within : the rationalism of Descartes | 35 |
| Ch. 4 | The road to modern science : British empiricism | 47 |
| Ch. 5 | The transcendental idealism of Immanual Kant | 67 |
| Ch. 6 | Modern science : mirror of reality | 83 |
| Ch. 7 | Science in context : historicist conceptualizations of science | 97 |
| Ch. 8 | Conceptual repertoires and leaps | 115 |
| Ch. 9 | The postmodern turn | 131 |
| Ch. 10 | Interpretive inquiry : the mirror cracked | 145 |
| Ch. 11 | Feminism and science | 161 |
| Ch. 12 | Problems and practicalities in developing nursing knowledge | 173 |
| Ch. 13 | Models for nursing knowledge development | 187 |
| Ch. 14 | The future of nursing knowledge | 199 |
| App. A | Philosophy timeline | 209 |
| App. B | Biographical statements for major philosophers | 213 |
| App. C | Selected philosophy Internet links | 219 |
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