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The binary: an obstacle to scholarly nursing discourse?

June F Kikuchi1

  • 1Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. j.kikuchi@shaw.ca

Nursing Philosophy : an International Journal for Healthcare Professionals
|March 18, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Nursing discourse quality is hampered by sophistry, not binary thinking. Proposed solutions are illusory, risking the exclusion of valid dualities in nursing theory development.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing Theory
  • Epistemology
  • Scholarly Discourse

Background:

  • Concerns exist regarding the quality of nursing theoretical discourse.
  • A specific behavior, attributed to binary thinking in nursing, has been identified as detrimental.
  • Proposed solutions advocate for inclusive, expansive thinking based on an epistemology of contradiction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To critique the attribution of poor nursing discourse quality to binary thinking.
  • To identify sophistical argumentation as the actual cause of unscholarly discourse.
  • To evaluate the proposed solution of inclusive, expansive thinking.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical argumentation and discourse analysis.
  • Critique of existing proposals regarding nursing thought processes.
  • Examination of epistemological underpinnings of proposed solutions.

Main Results:

  • The identified unscholarly behavior stems from sophistical argumentation, not binary thinking itself.
  • Eliminating all binary thinking risks discarding valuable theoretical constructs.
  • The proposed solution, based on an epistemology of contradiction, is deemed illusory and unachievable.

Conclusions:

  • Sophistical argumentation, not binary thinking, is the primary issue in nursing theoretical discourse.
  • Legitimate binaries are essential for robust theoretical development and should not be discarded.
  • The proposed shift to an epistemology of contradiction is an ineffective solution.

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