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…
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…
