What are the implications for nursing thought and action if only philosophical diversity or only philosophical unity is sought?
In arriving at a philosophy of nursing are the processes of “discovering, constructing, and evolving” necessary or sufficient, both, or neither?
If there can be no genuine disagreement among nursing theorists can there he any genuine progress made in nursing knowledge development?
Granted that unity in the diversity of philosophies of nursing is far to seek and difficult to come by, can we afford not to seek it?
Required Textbook:
Kikuchi, J., & Simmons, H. (eds). (1994). Developing a philosophy of nursing. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. (ISBN 0-8039-5423-9)
