Philosophical underpinnings of intersubjectivity and its significance to phenomenological research: A discussion paper

Intersubjectivity is the proposition that human experience occurs in a world of shared and embodied understandings, mediated by culture and language. Nursing is fundamentally relational, and nursing research stems from an exchange between participants and researchers and indeed around the transactio...

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Authors: Tembo, Agness Chisanga (Author) ; Gullick, Janice (Author) ; Pendon, Joseph Francis (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2023
In: Nursing philosophy
Year: 2023, Volume: 24, Issue: 1
Further subjects:B Phenomenology
B Ontology
B Language
B Intentionality
B Intersubjectivity
B philosophy of nursing
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Summary:Intersubjectivity is the proposition that human experience occurs in a world of shared and embodied understandings, mediated by culture and language. Nursing is fundamentally relational, and nursing research stems from an exchange between participants and researchers and indeed around the transaction of the patient and the nurse in the intersubjective space of clinical settings. Through the philosophical standpoints of Husserl, Merleau-Ponty, Heidegger, and Gadamer we examine these differing philosophical constructs of intersubjectivity and the contribution of these positions to phenomenological nursing inquiry. Particular framings of intersubjectivity should influence the way researchers interact with their participants and data so that the chosen philosophy sits coherently within a research plan and methodology. This exploration of philosophical standpoints is extended through examples of, and reflections upon, the authors' experiences of intersubjectivity in our published phenomenological nursing studies and through dynamic interactions that characterise interpretive activities within a research team.
ISSN:1466-769x
Contains:Enthalten in: Nursing philosophy
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/nup.12416