Philosophy and Occupational Therapy
Informing Education, Research, and Practice
- 275 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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About This Book
Philosophy and Occupational Therapy: Informing Education, Research, and Practice provides an overview of the most influential philosophical movements from past to present and shows how these philosophies are a foundational, yet underutilized, element of occupational therapy education, research, and practice. Editor Steven D. Taff, PhD, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA, fills a gap in existing occupational therapy literature by exploring the major thinkers and concepts of numerous different philosophical movements and examining their implications. Taff and a multitude of chapter authors demonstrate that the vital points of human existence are found in philosophy as well as science, and that occupational therapy should incorporate a clearly articulated philosophical perspective into its evidence-based and measurement-driven paradigm. Each chapter offers a basic description of a philosophy, outlines major thinkers and concepts and ultimately summarizes the implications for occupational therapy education, research and practice. Philosophy and Occupational Therapy: Informing Education, Research, and Practice is a unique and essential book for occupational therapy educators, researchers, and clinicians that will enrich the teaching-learning process, ground research with depth and clarity, and spark discussion among professionals about reviving the use of philosophy in current occupational therapy practice.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- About the Editor
- Contributing Authors
- Foreword: Philosophy and Professional Reflection, Change, and Growth: References
- Chapter 1 What Is Philosophy?
- Chapter 2 Reframing the Narrative on the Philosophies Influencing the Development of Occupational Therapy
- Chapter 3 Focus on the Mental and Spiritual: Idealism and Occupational Therapy
- Chapter 4 Realism: Exploring the Divide Between What Exists and What Humans Make of It
- Chapter 5 A Teleological Perspective of Occupational Engagement: Humanism Informing Occupational Therapy
- Chapter 6 Occupation and Meaningful Living: An Existential Perspective
- Chapter 7 Romanticism and Transcendentalism: Ideas That Made Occupational Therapy Possible and Holistic Practice Necessary
- Chapter 8 Slouching Toward Utopia Hope, Fear, and the Pursuit of the Unattainable
- Chapter 9 Pragmatic Foundations Instrumentalism and Transactionalism in Occupational Therapy
- Chapter 10 Phenomenology Returning to the Things Themselves With Wonder and Curiosity
- Chapter 11 Tools, Thoughts, and Signs
- Chapter 12 An African Philosophy of Personhood in Southern Occupational Therapy
- Chapter 13 Fundamental Impermanence Process Philosophy and Occupational Potential
- Chapter 14 Analytic Philosophy: Guiding Method and Adding Precision to Occupational Therapy
- Chapter 15 Structuralism: Examining the Interrelationships Around Occupation
- Chapter 16 Critical Theory: Resources for Questioning and Transforming Everyday Life
- Chapter 17 Everyday Hermeneutics: Understanding (the Meaning of) Occupational Engagement
- Chapter 18 Deconstruction and the Institution of Occupation
- Chapter 19 Philosophical Influences on Occupational Therapy in Brazil: A Historical Timeline
- Chapter 20 Postmodernism: Foundations for Problematizing and Reimagining Conditions of Possibility
- Chapter 21 Intersectionality: Feminist Theorizing in the Pursuit of Justice and Equity
- Chapter 22 Capable and Occupied: How the Capabilities Approach Can Enrich the âOccupationâ Discourse
- Chapter 23 How Philosophy Can Support Occupational Therapy's Relevance in the 21st Century
- Financial Disclosures
- Index