Bracketing in phenomenological research
| Autor: | Ian Beech |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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| Zdroj: | Nurse Researcher. 6:35-51 |
| ISSN: | 2047-8992 1351-5578 |
| DOI: | 10.7748/nr1999.04.6.3.35.c6086 |
| Popis: | According to Moustakas (1): ‘In the Epoche, no position whatsoever is taken; every quality has equal value. Only what enters freshly into consciousness, only what appears as appearance, has any validity at all in contacting truth and reality. Nothing is determined in advance.’ Bracketing in phenomenological research (or epoche, presuppositionlessness, or phenomenological reduction, terms found in other texts and used interchangeably here) is a fundamental methodological principle, and texts that have described a phenomenological approach to nursing research often refer to the use of bracketing (2-5). While this technique is often seen to be of great importance, the way in which it might be achieved is rarely discussed. In this paper I will consider the philosophical basis for bracketing and the use of bracketing in empirical research. I will illustrate a method by referring to an interview transcript obtained during an ongoing research study into helpfulness in the relationship between mental health nurses and people in care. This paper is in no way intended to be prescriptive. It is intended as a description of the process of my experience of seeking a way through the muddy |
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