DISTINGUISHING THE SCIENCES: FOR NURSING

• Authors: Catherine Green
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article explores the problem of nursing as a practical discipline and suggests that there are several kinds of nursing science. Following the lead of Jacques Maritain and Yves R. Simon, the authoress begins with an account of the distinguishing characteristics of theoretical knowledge, to which the term “science” has historically been applied, and distinguishes it from practical knowledge or prudence. Next she reviews Maritain and Simon’s discussion of two intermediate levels of inquiry that share some characteristics of both science and practical knowledge. Finally, using the writings of several nurse theorists whose seminal ideas in this area have established a basis for nurse theorist’s discussion of these issues, she distinguishes four kinds of nursing inquiry which range from the very theoretical to the very practical.

Keywords

EN

nursing; science; Maritain; Simon

• Publisher: International Étienne Gilson Society
• Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 3
• Pages: 97-126

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Catherine Green

• Rockhurst Jesuit University Kansas City, USA

Identifiers

ISSN

2300-0066