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Technology and the lifeworld of critical care nursing
Author(s) -
Walters Allan John
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1995.22020338.x
Subject(s) - lifeworld , perspective (graphical) , dominance (genetics) , epistemology , sociology , nursing science , nursing theory , nursing practice , philosophy of science , engineering ethics , nursing , medline , medicine , philosophy , computer science , gene , engineering , biochemistry , chemistry , artificial intelligence , political science , law
Traditionally, nursing scholars have concerned themselves with philosophies of science This perspective reflects the Platonic dominance of theory over practice The consequence of this view is that technology is conceived as an applied science Furthermore, technology is considered as a neutral instrument of science The primacy of theory was challenged by the philosopher Martin Heidegger, who argued that the correct relationship between these two concepts was a technology‐science one This reconceptualization suggests that practice precedes theory This paper examines the developing body of literature concerning the philosophy of technology Specifically, the philosophies of Martin Heidegger, Don Hide, Albert Borgmann and Langdon Winner are explored from a nursing perspective, and how they may offer nursing a way of conceptualizing the ever expanding technological environment of the intensive care unit is discussed