Philosophy of Nursing Science - Theoretical Foundation of Nursing Practice Flashcards
As thinkers in all disciplines began to move beyond their traditional boundaries, other possibilities for the development of knowledge about the practice of nursing began to emerge.
Philosophy of Nursing Science
This philosopher of science created a way of thinking about science and knowledge that expanded thought in many disciplines.
Thomas S. Kuhn
Challenged the traditional notion of science as a logical progression of discoveries, arguing that major scientific developments occurred only when scientists thought about problems in radically new ways.
Thomas S. Kuhn
These ways of thinking departed from the traditional to such an extent that an entirely different world view or “paradigm shift” developed.
Scientific revolution
According to this philosopher, scientific advances happen when people think creatively and look beyond established norms. Such creative thinking could stimulate new understandings of problems that were once considered irresolvable.
Thomas S. Kuhn
This new way of thinking about the philosophy of science, published in Thomas S. Kuhn’s book, led nurses to consider their theoretical frameworks as not only theoretical propositions about logical relationships among concepts but also as actual world views, or paradigms, that might help them grasp the complexities of nursing.
Scientific revolution developed by Thomas S. Kuhn
A typical example or pattern of something; a model.
Paradigm (para-dime)
A second major shift in scientific thinking occurring with the introduction of chaos theory.
Complexity science
Originating from observations in physics that predictable patterns existed among factors that could not be predicted scientifically, this theory created a new way of approaching complex situations.
Chaos theory
In rejecting the simple cause-and-effect relationships used in traditional science, ___ theory led to what has been termed complexity science.
chaos
In this kind of science, dynamic and interactive phenomena are reduced to the smallest properties that can be observed within their natural context so that their interactions can be interpreted with as little interference as possible from prior assumptions. For example, chaos theory explains how, in sensitive weather systems, minor variations in initial conditions (e.g., barometric pressure) might explain large-scale physical patterns over time (e.g., hurricanes).
Complexity science
These ideas derived from complexity science created a new language to apply to scientific thinking. Because experiences of health and illness are exceedingly difficult to understand out of their individual context, ___ theory offered a new way to approach nursing science.
chaos
One of several forms of knowledge necessary for nursing practice discipline.
Science
