A Pragmatist Approach to the Problem of Knowledge in Health Psychology
A Pragmatist Approach to the Problem of Knowledge in Health Psychology
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DOI：
10.1177/1359105309338974
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发表时间：
2009-09-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Gillespie, Alex
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作者：
Cornish, Flora;Gillespie, Alex
与健康有关的知识形式多样，包括生物医学知识、外行知识和批判性建构主义知识，这对健康研究人员提出了挑战。一方面，人们需要多元地接受各种与健康有关的知识。另一方面，改善健康的需要要求采取行动，因此要求在对立的知识形式之间作出选择。本文提出了一个实用主义的方法来解决这个认识论问题。根据实用主义，知识是行动的工具，因此，应该根据它是否符合我们的预期利益来评价它。我们确定的研究方法和研究目标的选择的影响。
The multiplicity of forms of health-related knowledge, including biomedical knowledge, lay knowledge and critical constructionist knowledge, raises challenges for health researchers. On one hand, there is a demand for a pluralist acceptance of the variety of health-related knowledge. On the other, the need to improve health calls for action, and thus for choices between opposing forms of knowledge. The present article proposes a pragmatist approach to this epistemological problem. According to pragmatism, knowledge is a tool for action and as such it should be evaluated according to whether it serves our desired interests. We identify implications for research methodology and the choice of research goals.