Journal article
How can Rorty help nursing science in the development of a philosophical ‘foundation’?
Abstract
What can nurse scientists learn from Rorty in the development of a philosophical foundation? Indeed, Rorty in his 1989 text entitled Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity tantalizes the reader with debates of reason 'against' philosophizing. Forget truth seeking; move on to what matters. Rorty would rather the 'high brow' thinking go to those that do the work in order to make the effort useful. Nursing as an applied science, has something real …
Authors
Isaacs S; Ploeg J; Tompkins C
Journal
Nursing Philosophy, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 81–90
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
April 2009
DOI
10.1111/j.1466-769x.2008.00364.x
ISSN
1466-7681