The talk: 
In my talk, I will discuss and assess the way phenomenology has been used within nursing. I will point to three challenges that current nursing research and practice is confronted with when engaging successfully with phenomenology, the challenges of being too superficial, too philosophical, and too insular, and I will suggest that the best way to use phenomenology in a non-philosophical context is to be pragmatic: To qualify as good phenomenological research, the phenomenological tools being employed must show their pertinence, must make a valuable difference. We should assess the value of the procedure on the basis of the results it delivers, and not on the basis of its orthodoxy or purity.

The event takes place online via zoom: https://aarhusuniversity.zoom.us/j/66901547452

The event is arranged by The Center for Philosophy and the Health Sciences (CPHS) and is open for everyone. 

Contact person: Professor Somogy Varga