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

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"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 dire...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Polkinghorne, Donald, 1936-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2004.
Series:SUNY series in the philosophy of the social sciences.
Subjects:
Human services > Philosophy.
Services sociaux > Philosophie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
Human services > Philosophy
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
  • 2. Technology and technification
  • 3. Practice and culture
  • 4. realms of practice
  • 5. Techne and Phronesis
  • 6. Embodied reasoning
  • 7. Reflective understanding and practitioner judgment.

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