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ArticleNursing inquiry2025

Exploring Philosophically Driven Research in Nursing: An Exploration of Research Driven by Jamesian Pragmatism.

Annie Pettifer, Sean Hughes

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Article in Nursing inquiry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Annie PettiferDepartment of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5330-0002
Sean HughesDivision of Health Research, Lancaster University, Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK.

Funding

This research was supported by the Coventry University.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nursing research has commonly taken a problem-based approach to research design seeking to ground research endeavour within the phenomena with which nursing is occupied. The aim of this paper is to explore an alternative of using philosophical imperative as a research driver, considering both the appropriateness and implications of this approach for nursing. Jamesian pragmatism, with its emphasis on plural, fluid ontology and evolving knowledge, aligns with nursing and is one philosophical imperative which has much to the profession. The paper offers an exemplar of research into family members' experience of the diminishing drinking of a dying relative, which was undertaken within, and from, a pragmatic imperative. Research driven by philosophical imperative has consequences. The philosophical imperative will likely to be pervasive across the research, influencing research topic, conceptualisation, design, delivery and utilisation, bringing both advantages and constraints.

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Nursing ResearchPhilosophy, NursingHumansResearch Designdiminishing drinkingend‐of‐lifenursingpalliativeparadigmpragmatismresearch philosophyWilliam James

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PMID39917881
PMCPMC11803540

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