Practice and the human sciences : the case for a judgment-based practice of care / Donald E. Polkinghorne.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Polkinghorne, Donald, 1936-

Series:

SUNY series in the philosophy of the social sciences

SUNY series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human services--Philosophy.

Human services.

Social service--Philosophy.

Social service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Teachers, nurses, psychotherapists, and other practitioners of care are under pressure to substitute specific, prescribed techniques in place of using their own judgment. Donald E. Polkinghorne assembles the case for the return to judgment-based practice for the professions that engage in direct person-to-person interaction with those they serve. Set in the larger context of the technification of society, Polkinghorne draws from Weber, Heidegger, Ihde, Bourdieu, de Certeau, and other philosophers to trace the advancing power of the technological worldview in Western culture and uses Aristotle, Dewey, and Gadamer to help make his case that we should be doing things very differently.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Technology and Technification

Practice and Culture

The Realms of Practice

Techne and Phronesis

Embodied Reasoning

Reflective Understanding and Practitioner Judgment

A Case Study

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-205) and index.

ISBN:

9780791484548

0791484548

9781423740063

1423740068

OCLC:

62757101