Philosophical Foundation of Nursing Education

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Quite literally, the term "philosophy" means,

"love of wisdom." In a broad sense,philosophy is an activity people undertake

when they seek to understand

fundamental truths about themselves, the

world in which they live, and theirrelationships to the world and to each

other..


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Those who study philosophy are perpetually

engaged in asking, answering, andarguing for their answers to lifes most

basic questions. To make such a pursuit

more systematic academic philosophy is

traditionally divided into major areas ofstudy.


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Metaphysics

At its core the study of metaphysics is thestudy of the nature of reality, of what

exists in the world, what it is like, and how

it is ordered. In metaphysics philosophers

wrestle with such questions as:

Is there a God?

What is truth?


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What is a person? What makes a person

the same through time?Is the world strictly composed of matter?

Do people have minds? If so, how is the

mind related to the body?

Do people have free wills?

What is it for one event to cause another?


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Epistemology

Epistemology is the study of knowledge. Itis primarily concerned with what we canknow about the world and how we canknow it. Typical questions of concern in

epistemology are:What is knowledge?

Do we know anything at all?

How do we know what we know?

Can we be justified in claiming to knowcertain things?


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Ethics

The study of ethics often concerns what weought to do and what it would be best to

do. In struggling with this issue, larger

questions about what is good and right

arise.


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So, the ethicist attempts to answer such

questions as:What is good? What makes actions or

people good?

What is right? What makes actions right?

Is morality objective or subjective?

How should I treat others?


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Logic

Another important aspect of the study ofphilosophy is the arguments or reasons

given for peoples answers to these

questions. To this end philosophers employ

logic to study the nature and structure ofarguments. Logicians ask such questions as:

What constitutes "good" or "bad" reasoning?

How do we determine whether a given piece of

reasoning is good or bad?


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History of Philosophy

The study of philosophy involves not onlyforming ones own answers to such

questions, but also seeking to understand

the way in which people have answered

such questions in the past. So, asignificant part of philosophy is its history,

a history of answers and arguments about

these very questions.


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In studying the history of philosophy one

explores the ideas of such historicalfigures as:


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Plato Locke Marx Aristotle Hume Mill

Aquinas Kant Wittgenstein DescartesNietzsche Sartr


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What often motivates the study of

philosophy is not merely the answers orarguments themselves but whether or not

the arguments are good and the answers

are true.


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Moreover, many of the questions and

issues in the various areas of philosophyoverlap and in some cases even

converge. Thus, philosophical questions

arise in almost every discipline. This is

why philosophy also encompasses suchareas as:


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Philosophy of Law Philosophy of Feminism

Philosophy of Religion Philosophy ofScience Philosophy of Mind Philosophy of

Literature Political Philosophy Philosophy

of the Arts Philosophy of History

Philosophy of Language


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Identifying nursing knowledgeNursing knowledge is the means by whichthe whole purpose of caring for patients is

achieved because it underpins what we

actually do..


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It is what defines us as nurses as opposed

to similar professions such as doctors orphysiotherapists, and helps to

differentiate us from lay carers or care

support workers


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Knowledge is basically what classifies us as

a profession because having a uniquebody of knowledge is one of the things

that defines a profession in society.


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Nurses use a wide range of theoretical and

practical knowledge in their work. Inrecent years they have needed a

considerable amount of new knowledge

to provide the appropriate level of care for

patients.


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Patterns of knowing

Empirics- know what

Ethics- Know why I shouldAesthetics-know how

Personal knowing-do I know myself and

others

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