100 Years of the Philosophy of Science: A Historical Overview
CHAPTER SIX 100 Years of the Philosophy of Science: A Historical Overview We may best hope to understand the nature and conditions of real knowledge, by studying the nature and…
Philosophy and Philosophizing
CHAPTER FOUR Philosophy and Philosophizing This sense of wonder is the mark of the philosopher. Philosophy indeed has no other origin. —Plato (2003) Before beginning an exploration of the various…
What Is a Practice Discipline?
CHAPTER ONE What Is a Practice Discipline? In responding to the challenge of relating theory to practice, it is not enough simply to argue for an “enlightenment model” which sees…
Nursing as a Practice Discipline
CHAPTER TWO Nursing as a Practice Discipline The untrained nurse is as old as the human race; the trained nurse is a recent discovery. —Victor Robinson (1946)1 The words that…
What Is Science? The Problem of Demarcation
CHAPTER SEVEN What Is Science? The Problem of Demarcation Science is very clearly a conscious artifact of mankind, with well-documented historical origins, with a definable scope and content, and with…
Philosophy of Science in a Practice Discipline
CHAPTER THREE Philosophy of Science in a Practice Discipline It is my contention that the present misuse of science by nurses, and its attendant consequences, will persist unless and until…
The Feminist Critique of Science
CHAPTER TWELVE The Feminist Critique of Science Why can’t a woman be more like a man? —Alan J. Lerner (Harding, 1987) DIFFERENCE AND SUPERIORITY This well-known question of Professor Henry…
Theory and Reality
CHAPTER TEN Theory and Reality Evolution is only a theory. It is not a fact. —State of Oklahoma, 2003, House Bill HB 1504 (Isaak, 2005) JUST A THEORY “But isn’t…
Philosophy of Social Science
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Philosophy of Social Science Perhaps social science has not yet found its Newton but the conditions are being created in which such a genius could arise. —Peter Winch…
The Scientific Revolution
CHAPTER FIVE The Scientific Revolution History, if viewed as a repository for more than anecdote or chronology, could produce a decisive transformation in the image of science by which we…
