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This important book analyzes the major schools of thought in contemporary Western science in order to arrive at a philosophy (or philosophies) of science consistent with the discipline of nursing. After examining traditional empiricist views of science, the contributors focus on the schools of thought that challenge them. Next, they introduce postmodern schools of thought including feminism, phenomenology, critical theory and poststructuralism. Each analytic discussion is followed by a chapter exploring how particular tenets of the school have influenced the development of nursing knowledge and nursing science.
Methodology for Critical Theory: Critical Action Research
Methodology for Critical Theory: Critical Action Research
Research methodology that adopts critical theory as the basis for knowledge development has neither been specifically advanced by Habermas nor by researchers in social sciences, although there has been a great deal of debates about appropriateness and application of various methods. The debate center around the necessity and development of a “new” method of inquiry logically appropriate with the foundational premises of critical theory.
Fischer (1985), in search of a methodology of critical theory for public policy analysis, suggests “a critical evaluation” as a method of examining both the empirical and normative assumptions behind a specific policy. His method of critical evaluation encompasses four phases that interrelate two fundamental levels ...
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