Abject Object Relations and Epistemic Engagement in Clinical Practice
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The article engages with medical practice to develop a philosophically informed understanding of epistemic engagement in medicine, and epistemic object relations more broadly. I take point of departure in the clinal encounter and draw on French psychoanalytical theory to develop and expand a taxonomy already proposed by Karin Knorr-Cetina. Doing so, I argue for the addition of an abject type object relation, that is, the encounter with objects that transgress frameworks and disrupt further investigation, hence preventing dynamic engagement and negatively shaping our epistemic pathways. The article is primarily theoretical although partly grounded in qualitative fieldwork.
Integral Metatheory in the Time of COVID: Implications for Medical and Nursing Teaching and Practice
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2002 ◽
Vol 14
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pp. 76-80
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