Philosophy of Nursing: 5 Questions is a collection of short interviews based on 5 questions presented to some of the most prominent scholars in this field. We hear their views on philosophical aspects that pertain to nursing practice, education, and research, and how their work fits in these respects. Interviews with David Allen, Peter Allmark, Patricia Benner, Karin Dahlberg, John S Drummond, Katie Eriksson, Sally Gadow, Ann Gallagher, Dave Holmes, Trevor Hussey, June Kikuchi, Timothy Kirk, Kari Martinsen, Per Nortvedt, John Paley, Mary Ellen Purkis, Mark Risjord, Gary Rolfe, Trudy Rudge,...

Friis and Crease capture Postphenomenology, a new field that has attracted attention among scholars engaged in technology studies. Contributors to this edited collection seek to analyze, clarify, and develop postphenomenological language and concepts, expand the work of Don Ihde, the field's founder, and scout into fields that Ihde never tackled. Many of the contributors to this collection had especially close ties to Ihde and have benefited from close work with him. This combined with the distinctive diversity of the contributors--18 people from 10 different countries--enables this volume to...

How should we understand the experience of encountering and interpreting images? What are their roles in science and medicine? How do they shape everyday life? Postphenomenology and Imaging: How to Read Technology brings together scholars from multiple disciplines to investigate these questions. The contributors make use of the “postphenomenological” philosophical perspective, applying its distinctive ideas to the study of how images are experienced. These essays offer both philosophical analysis of our conception of images and empirical studies of imaging practice. The contributors...