In a professional discipline which has at its core a service founded upon a body of knowledge and associated skills, responsibilities for research and scholarship are commonly thought to be critical to developing and improving nursing practice. The scope of knowledge required in nursing with its scientific and humanitarian aspects underscores "the need for philosophical and historical scholars ...

How can historians of philosophy justify spending the preponderance their professional lives writing about historical philosophers who held racist views? I use controversy over University Edinburgh’s David Hume Tower as a jumping-off place for discussion this issue. argue that worthwhile philosophical ideas in be conceptually isolated from views.

Title of dissertation: AN ASSESSMENT OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR ASTRONOMY AND PHYSICS FACULTY: EXPANDING OUR VISION OF HOW TO SUPPORT FACULTY’S LEARNING ABOUT TEACHING Alice R. Olmstead, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016 Dissertation directed by: Professor Derek Richardson Department of Astronomy and Professor Chandra Turpen Department of Physics In this thesis, we will explore approaches to facu...

T raining for and practicing the specialty of medical oncology are stressful endeavors. During the training process, future oncologists often cope with their stress by assuming that “things will get better” after they complete residency and fellowship. This myth often leads physicians to sacrifice many of the personal values and activities that give life meaning. It also may perpetuate a philos...

AIM To explore the effectiveness and feasibility of implementing the two clinical dimensions of the Careful Nursing Philosophy and Professional Practice Model© (Careful Nursing) in an acute care hospital. BACKGROUND Implementation of a professional practice model by nurses in hospitals supports nurses' control over their practice and enhances the quality of their contribution to patient care....

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this commentary is to explore the concepts underpinning professional identity, assess their relevance to chiropractic, and propose a model by which a strong identity for the chiropractic profession may be achieved. DISCUSSION The professional identity of chiropractic has been a constant source of controversy throughout its history. Attempts to establish a professiona...

AIM This paper reports a study to map the range of developments of professional doctorates in the United Kingdom (UK) and report the views of key stakeholders as to the value of the professional doctorate relative to the more traditional PhD. BACKGROUND As the highest university degree that can be awarded, the traditional Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) represents the pinnacle of advanced learning...

I discuss the prospects for new forms of professional communication in philosophy. I argue that online discussions and online surveys ought to play a more important role in communications between philosophers than they play today. However, there are major obstacles to the widespread adoption of these media as channels of communication between academics. I offer an overview of these obstacles an...

Gerald Postema offers a gentle but damning critique of contemporary analytic jurisprudence for being antisocial , anti-philosophical, ahistorical, and, ultimately, mistaken not only about the province of jurisprudence but the nature of law. He also offers an elegant restatement of what jurisprudence with a wider ambition must be like; and it is a jurisprudence in which time and history are cent...

Though it has had an immense influence outside of philosophy, the thought of Karl Popper continues to be neglected and misunderstood by most professional philosophers. Nor do we need to look far for an explanation of the fact that Popper's philosophy has received more serious attention from social theorists, working scientists, historians of art, and practicing politicians, for example, than fr...