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Fuzzy thinking
Author(s) -
Cave Peter
Publication year - 1998
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.1365-2648.1998.00793.x
Subject(s) - rigour , theme (computing) , reading (process) , epistemology , order (exchange) , psychology , nursing research , nursing , engineering ethics , computer science , medicine , philosophy , engineering , linguistics , finance , economics , operating system
Philosophical analysis is increasingly applied to nursing issues. Whereas pre‐analytical discussions might be sloppy, analysis should bring rigour. This paper explores some mistakes and misconceptions concerning nurse‐related reasonings. It uses, as a running theme, a recent paper in the Journal of Advanced Nursing by Rolfe. The mistakes and misleadings to be found in the paper are not uncommon; so the paper’s correction quest aims more widely than single author critique. The mistakes and misconceptions could initially appear abstract and without practical outcome; in order to avoid the threatened appearance, a nursing case study is presented, displaying some undesirable consequences for a nurse who is misled by her reading. It is hoped that this paper shows how some accuracy may be well leading.