Colleagues, I do not think we are served well by thinking of grand theories as
philosophies. I prefer to think of the structure of nursing knowledge as one
metaparadigm, mulitiple philosophies, multiple conceptual models, multiple grand
theories, multiple middle-range theories, and multiple empirical indicators. See
my book (Fawcett, J. (2005). Contemporary nursing knowledge: Analysis and
evaluation of nursing models and theories (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: F.A. Davis)
for the definition of each element of the structure. Jacqui


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From: Tracy Edwards [mailto:tracy_e@...]
Sent: Fri 11/19/2004 5:19 PM
To: Martha_E_Rogers@yahoogroups.com
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Subject: [Martha_E_Rogers] FW: Jef Raskin - Humbug Nursing Theory




Just wanted to make sure the group had a chance to read this. Sorry if this
is a double post.



Tracy

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[mailto:bounce-merogers-center-352447@...] On Behalf Of Savina
Schoenhofer
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 2:47 PM
To: Martha E. Rogers Center
Subject: Jef Raskin - Humbug Nursing Theory



Have you seen this, or am I late getting to it and everyone else is tired of
it? I think that Jef Raskin is probably epitomizing a paraphrase or analog
of Heisenberg's statement that "We have to remember that what we observe is
not nature in itself, but nature exposed to our method of
questioning"Heisenberg



This may open up the problematic usage of "theory" in nursing...I work from
the Maritain idea of three kinds of theory: general or grand; middle range;
and practice. And I also have begun to adopt June Kukuchi's way of
referring to these general theories of nursing, she proposes calling them
philosophical frameworks, which works for me. I think that Raskin, like
many who hold that there is one philosophy of science, rather than at least
two philosophies of science (natural and human), is applying a concept of
theory that doesn't fit the idea of grand or general theory, so that in
effect, he seems to be criticizing apples for not being oranges.


http://humane.sourceforge.net/published/NursingTheoryForSite.html



Savina Schoenhofer


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