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Experiential knowledge: From philosophical debate to health care practice?

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: Despite experience-based expertise being increasingly common in health care, what experiential knowledge consists of remains a topic for debate. Here I propose a philosophical approach to clarify experiential knowledge, drawing on an analogous debate in philosophy of mind, which similarly targets the intuition that experience may generate unique knowledge. I outline the philosophical debate and explicate some relevant ideas for health care, so as to (a) evaluate whether and to what extent this analogous debate is helpful, and (b) supplement existing ideas on experiential knowledge with a philosophical analysis.

Source: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

DOI: 10.1111/jep.13845

Author: Roy Dings

Institution: Ruhr University Bochum

Language: English

Topic: Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $4,020

Funder: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft