Unquiet Understanding: Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutics

Hodge, Joanna

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“…Hans‐Georg Gadamer is a familiar figure in philosophy whose work has been examined and interpreted by respected scholars whose sole academic focus and pursuit is philosophy (Davey, 2007; Gadamer, 2007; Grondin, 2003). I became acquainted with the writings and philosophy of Gadamer during my graduate studies in nursing.…”

Section: Gadamer's Truth and Methods And Nursing Practicementioning

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The philosophy of Hans‐Georg Gadamer: An exemplar of the complicated relationship between philosophy and nursing practice

Corcoran

Cook

2022

Nursing Inquiry

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Philosophy has a complicated relationship with nursing practice. Selected concepts from Hans‐Georg Gadamer's Truth and Method specifically prejudice, conversation, and language are articulated. An exemplar involving nursing practice at an outpatient clinic for women seeking pre‐ and postbreast cancer care is offered to explicate these concepts. We considered the fit of Gadamer's philosophy, particularly the concept of conversation, within a public health nursing practice context in home and community settings of the client/family and offered tentative conclusions. To extend the discussion of the relationship between philosophy and nursing practice, we posed questions developed to provide deeper insight into this complicated relationship.

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Section: Gadamer's Truth and Methods And Nursing Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

The philosophy of Hans‐Georg Gadamer: An exemplar of the complicated relationship between philosophy and nursing practice

Corcoran

Cook

2022

Nursing Inquiry

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“…This participant provides an example of how we may become wise through suffering, pathei mathos (Davey, 2006;Hovey, 2018b). Her life with pain demonstrated how someone who was working through her own process of deception and undeception (Gadamer, 1989) over many years, the acknowledgment of her pain and how it affected her life could no longer be tolerated as she surrendered to the reality of her pain.…”

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“…Gadamer, a philosophical hermeneutic scholar, referred to hermeneutics as the "art of understanding." Understanding is a transformative reflective practice that may open-up new ideas and perspectives and broadens our understanding of a topic (Davey, 2006;Grondin, 2002). There is an understanding that each voice within a topic, including the researcher's, arrives with a historical situatedness that is contextually and ontologically driven.…”

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The Daily Grind of Living With Chronic Pain: An Applied Hermeneutic Exploration

Hovey

2023

Global Qualitative Nursing Research

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The purpose of this research is to explore the philosophy regarding understanding the complex experience of living with chronic pain. As well, this article addresses a person’s suffering as an evolving process of learning to not only manage pain but to learn how to live well through exploring their suffering narrative. A hermeneutical interpretive approach was used to engage participants in this research and to offer a philosophical reinterpretation of living with chronic pain from a humanistic and tacit perspective. This work is offered to invite and extend our discussions about the complexity of living with chronic pain. It can also be understood as a process of rewriting oneself from a lived chaotic state of pain into a new affective historical consciousness. This transition from acute to chronic pain explored through a philosophical context can provide insight into the ways in which patients learn to live well with their condition.

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“…The narrative data was analyzed using applied philosophical hermeneutics, a branch of Gadamerian hermeneutics (41). In this interpretive research approach, researchers engage dialogically with participants during the research interview, which becomes a transformational moment for both the interviewer and the interviewee (45). Once the interviews are transcribed, they become the starting point for the hermeneutic circle, where the researchers go from reflecting on parts of the text (the transcribed interviews) to reflecting on the whole and back to the parts (46).…”

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“He told me my pain was in my head”: mitigating testimonial injustice through peer support

Vigouroux

Newman²,

Amja

et al. 2023

Front. Pain Res.

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IntroductionWomen with disabilities are exposed to sexism and ableism, earn less income, and work in exceptionally challenging conditions compared to women without disabilities and men with or without disabilities. Adolescent girls living with scoliosis may begin experiencing this compounding bias during their encounters with healthcare from the moment they start noticing differences in their bodies. Being significantly more likely than boys to progress to a curve angle where painful treatment such as bracing or spinal fusion surgery is required, adolescent girls living with scoliosis are therefore more likely to experience chronic pain. The long-term impact of pain and pain-related stigma includes lower educational attainments, decreased vocational functionality, and social impairments in adults after having experienced chronic pain in adolescence.ApproachIn this article, the authors will explore the effects and mechanisms of gender-specific peer support in disrupting this trajectory to adverse outcomes. Through individual interviews consisting of open-ended questions, the researchers gathered narrative data from Curvy Girls members, a community-based peer support group for girls and young women living with scoliosis. The data was analyzed using an applied philosophical hermeneutics approach, with intersectionality and testimonial injustice as their framework.FindingsThey found that the study participants had their pain narratives reinterpreted by the adults in their lives, including their parents and healthcare practitioners, leading them to question and doubt their own experiences.DiscussionThese negative outcomes were mitigated through the peer support they received and offered from Curvy Girls. Participants reported having gained confidence and a sense of belonging after they joined this group, allowing them to better cope with their condition more effectively in different facets of their lives.

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Unquiet Understanding: Gadamer's Philosophical Hermeneutics

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The philosophy of Hans‐Georg Gadamer: An exemplar of the complicated relationship between philosophy and nursing practice

The philosophy of Hans‐Georg Gadamer: An exemplar of the complicated relationship between philosophy and nursing practice

The Daily Grind of Living With Chronic Pain: An Applied Hermeneutic Exploration

“He told me my pain was in my head”: mitigating testimonial injustice through peer support

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