[The aesthetic character of caring knowledge].
The identity of nursing is founded on caring knowledge, which is derived from our understanding of its experience-revealed essence. This purposive knowledge differs from scientific knowledge because validity guides the latter and ethics guides the former. Therefore, justifying the objectivity of caring knowledge should be based on the aesthetic character of this knowledge rather than on a general social-science explanation.
Department of Philosophy, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, ROC. tomcytsai@gmail.com.
Cheng-Yun
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D004645:Empathy; D004954:Esthetics; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge
empirical knowledge; instrumental knowledge; purposive knowledge; scientific knowledge