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Understanding Nursing Knowledge | |
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The Nature of Nursing Knowledge | |
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The History of Nursing Knowledge | |
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Nursing Education | |
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Shared Knowledge | |
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Borrowed Knowledge | |
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Knowledge Development | |
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Nursing as a Discipline | |
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Theory Development | |
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Nursing Knowledge as a Foundation for Nursing Practice and Research | |
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The Role of Philosophy: Understanding Nursing Knowledge | |
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Knowledge and Science | |
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Conclusion | |
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Knowledge in Classical Philosophy | |
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Cosmology Inancient Greece | |
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The Socratic Era | |
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The Platonic "Forms" | |
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The Demonstrations of Aristotle | |
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Influence of Aristotle | |
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Conclusion | |
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Knowledge From Within: The Rationalism of Descartes | |
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Overview of Descartes' Philosophy | |
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Historical Influences | |
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Development of Method | |
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Distinction of Body and Mind | |
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Knowledge of the External World | |
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Implications | |
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Criticisms and Objections | |
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Contributions to Modern Science | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Road to Modern Science: British Empiricism | |
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Philosophy of Sir Francis Bacon | |
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Emphasis on Applicable Knowledge | |
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Need for a New Method | |
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Tables of Discovery | |
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Implications | |
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Ideas of John Locke | |
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Origins of Knowledge | |
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Nature of Experience | |
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Formation of Complex Ideas | |
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Development of Knowledge from Ideas | |
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David Hume's Expansion of Locke's Work | |
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Functions of the Mind | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Transcendental Idealism of Immanual Kant | |
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Kant's Critique of Pure Reason | |
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A Priori Judgments | |
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Transcendental Doctrine of the Elements | |
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New Realm of Knowledge | |
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Implications | |
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Phenomenology | |
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Conclusion | |
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Modern Science: Mirror of Reality | |
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The Development of Logical Positivism | |
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Comte's Positivism | |
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Incorporating Logic into Positivism | |
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Basic Tenets of Logical Positivism | |
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Rejection of Metaphysics | |
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Role of Language | |
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Unification of Science | |
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Logical Positivism and Theory Development | |
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Theory and Language | |
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Theory as a Tool of Prediction | |
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Hypotheticodeductive Model | |
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Logical Positivism's Influence on Nursing | |
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Theory Development | |
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Limitations of Logical Positivism in Nursing Theory Development | |
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Conclusion | |
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Science in Context: Historicist Conceptualizations of Science | |
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Overview of Historicism | |
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Influence of Thomas Kuhn | |
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Paradigms | |
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Kuhn's Contributions to Science and Nursing | |
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Laudan's View of Science | |
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Critique of Kuhn's View | |
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Problem Solving | |
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Laudan and the Sociology of Knowledge | |
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Laudan's Contributions to Nursing and Science | |
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Conclusion | |
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Conceptual Repertories and Leaps | |
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Backgrounds for Understanding Toulmin | |
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Precedence of the Rational View of Science | |
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Kuhn's Influence on Rationalism in Science | |
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Toulmin's Idea of Science | |
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Inward-Looking Versus Outward-Looking Approaches | |
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Concepts | |
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Definitions of a Discipline | |
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Toulmin's Definition of Scientific Problems | |
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Understanding the Concepts of a Discipline | |
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Explanation of Change | |
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The Nature and Role of Concepts | |
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Role of "Strategic Consensus" | |
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Summary of Toulmin's Work | |
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Relevance for Nursing | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Postmodern Turn | |
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Postmodernism | |
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Basic Tenet of Postmodernism | |
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Role of Discourse | |
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Structuralism | |
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Poststructuralism | |
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Deconstruction | |
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Applications of Postmodernism in Nursing | |
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Poststructuralist Inquiry | |
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Deconstruction | |
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Employing Plurality in Research | |
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Praxis | |
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Conclusion | |
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Interpretive Inquiry: The Mirror Cracked | |
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The Hermeneutic Tradition | |
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Premises of Hermeneutics | |
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The Hermeneutic Circle | |
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Ricoeur and the Role of Action | |
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Hermeneutics and Phenomenology | |
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Critical Social Theory | |
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The Contributions of Habermas | |
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Habermas' Theory of Communicative Action | |
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Implications for Nursing | |
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Conclusion | |
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Feminism and Science | |
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The Beginnings of Feminist Politics | |
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Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 | |
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Feminist Philosophy | |
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Outcomes of Feminist Philosophy | |
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Implications for Nursing | |
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Conclusion | |
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Problems and Practicalities in Developing Nursing Knowledge | |
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Ensuring A "Fit" Among Knowledge and Nursing Goals | |
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Taking A "Problem-Solving" Approach | |
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Forms of Nursing Problems | |
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Relevance of a Problem-Solving Approach to Knowledge | |
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The Role of Existing Research in Problem Solving | |
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Conclusion | |
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Models for Nursing Knowledge Development | |
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Suggested Models for Knowledge Development | |
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Identifying Goals, Criteria, and Ideas of Progress | |
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Theory-Oriented Development | |
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Concept Development | |
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Experience, Story, and Narrative | |
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Context and Criticism | |
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Conclusion | |
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The Future of Nursing Knowledge | |
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Domains of Nursing | |
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Nurses and the Environment | |
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Expanding Philosophical Awareness | |
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Methodological Advances | |
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Conclusion | |
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Appendices | |
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Philosophy Timeline | |
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Biographical Statements for Major Philosophers | |
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Selected Philosophy Internet Links | |
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Index | |