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Luntley, Michael. (2011) What do nurses know? Nursing Philosophy, Vol.12 (No.1). pp. 22-33. ISSN 1466-7681

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-769X.2010.00466.x

Abstract

This paper defends an epistemic conservatism - propositional knowing-that suffices for capturing all the fine details of the knowledge of experienced nurses that depends on the complex ways in which they are embedded in shared fields of activity. I argue against the proliferation of different ways of knowing associated with the work of Dreyfus and Benner. I show how propositional knowledge can capture the detail of the phenomenology that motivates the Dreyfus/Benner proliferation.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Subjects:

B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BD Speculative Philosophy
R Medicine > RT Nursing

Divisions:

Faculty of Social Sciences > Philosophy

Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):

Nursing -- Philosophy, Knowledge, Theory of, Phenomenology

Journal or Publication Title:

Nursing Philosophy

Publisher:

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

ISSN:

1466-7681

Official Date:

January 2011

Dates:

Date	Event
January 2011	Published

Volume:

Vol.12

Number:

No.1

Number of Pages:

Page Range:

pp. 22-33

Identification Number:

10.1111/j.1466-769X.2010.00466.x

Status:

Peer Reviewed

Publication Status:

Published

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