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Clinical cognition and embodiment.

John Paley1

  • 1Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Stirling, UK. jhpl@stir.ac.uk

International Journal of Nursing Studies
|December 13, 2003
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This study separates Cartesian and embodied cognition from calculative and intuitive know-how. It argues embodied knowing is often rational, impacting understanding of clinical cognition in nursing.

Area of Science:

  • Philosophy of Mind
  • Cognitive Science
  • Nursing Studies

Background:

  • Nursing literature often conflates Cartesian cognition with calculative rationality and embodied cognition with intuitive know-how.
  • This conflation creates an artificial opposition between 'Cartesian rationality' and 'embodied know-how'.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To distinguish between Cartesian and embodied cognition, and calculative rationality and intuitive know-how.
  • To challenge the conflation of these distinctions in nursing literature.
  • To demonstrate that embodied knowing is frequently rational and has implications for clinical cognition.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of philosophical distinctions in cognition.
  • Literature review of nursing studies on cognition and expertise.

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  • Theoretical argument for separating cognitive distinctions.

    • Main Results:

    • Identified two key distinctions: Cartesian vs. embodied cognition, and calculative rationality vs. intuitive know-how.
    • Demonstrated that nursing literature often merges these distinctions incorrectly.
    • Established that embodied cognition is not inherently non-rational.

    Conclusions:

    • Separating these distinctions reveals that embodied knowing is often rational.
    • Embodiment in cognition leads to concepts like distributed cognition and distributed expertise.
    • This reconceptualization has significant implications for understanding clinical cognition in nursing.