Table of Contents
Dedication v
Acknowledgments xi
About the Editor xiii
Contributing Authors xv
Foreword: Philosophy and Professional Reflection, Change, and Growth Barb Hooper, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA xxi
Chapter 1 What Is Philosophy? Steven D. Taff, PhD, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA 1
Chapter 2 Reframing the Narrative on the Philosophies Influencing the Development of Occupational Therapy Steven D. Taff, PhD, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA Ganesh M, Babulal, PhD, OTD, MSCI, MOT, OTR/L 7
Chapter 3 Focus on the Mental and Spiritual: Idealism and Occupational Therapy Wanda J. Mahoney, PhD, OTR/L Brad E. Egan, PhD, OTD, CADC, OTR/L 23
Chapter 4 Realism: Exploring the Divide Between What Exists and What Humans Make of It Jyothi Gupta, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Bernard A. K. Muriithi, PhD, OTR/L 33
Chapter 5 A Teleological Perspective of Occupational Engagement: Humanism Informing Occupational Therapy Moses N. Ikiugu, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Whitney Lucas-Molitor, PhD, OTD, MS, OTR/L, BCG 45
Chapter 6 Occupation and Meaningful Living: An Existential Perspective Aaron M. Eakman, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Moses N. Ikiugu, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA 53
Chapter 7 Romanticism and Transcendentalism: Ideas That Made Occupational Therapy Possible and Holistic Practice Necessary Charles H. Christiansen, EdD, OTR, FAOTA 61
Chapter 8 Slouching Toward Utopia: Hope, Fear, and the Pursuit of the Unattainable Richard L. Whalley, OTD, OTR/L Anna J. Neff, OTD, MSCI, OTR/L Steven D. Taff, PhD, OTR/L FNAP, FAOTA 75
Chapter 9 Pragmatic Foundations: Instrumentalism and Transactionalism in Occupational Therapy Moses N. Ikiugu, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Ranelle M. Nissen, PhD, OTR/L 83
Chapter 10 Phenomenology: Returning to the Things Themselves With Wonder and Curiosity Valerie A. Wright-St Clair, PhD, MPH, DipProfEthics, DipBusStud, DipOT Elizabeth Anne Kinsella, PhD, MAdEd, BSc(OT) 91
Chapter 11 Tools, Thoughts, and Signs: Sociocultural Perspectives on Mind and Occupation Arun Selvaratnam, MS, OTR/L Steven D. Taff, PhD, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA 101
Chapter 12 An African Philosophy of Personhood in Southern Occupational Therapy Thuli Mthembu, BSc OT, MPH, PhD Madeleine Duncan, DipOT, BOT, BAHons(Psych), MSc OT, DPhil(Psych) 111
Chapter 13 Fundamental Impermanence: Process Philosophy and Occupational Potential Lauren Putnam, BS Steven D. Taff, PhD, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA 127
Chapter 14 Analytic Philosophy: Guiding Method and Adding Precision to Occupational Therapy Marna Ghiglieri, OTD, MA, OTR/L Ronald R. Drummond, BA Rose McAndrew, OTD, OTR/L, CHT Steven D. Taff, Phd, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA 135
Chapter 15 Structuralism: Examining the Interrelationships Around Occupation Ganesh M. Babulal, PhD, OTD, MSCI, MOT, OTR/L Jyothi Gupta, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA $
Chapter 16 Critical Theory: Resources for Questioning and Transforming Everyday Life Lisette Farias, PhD, MScOT, Reg. OT Rebecca M. Aldrich, PhD, OTR/L $
Chapter 17 Everyday Hermeneutics: Understanding (die Meaning of) Occupational Engagement Melissa Park, PhD, MA OT Aaron Bonsall, PhD, OTR/L Don Fogelberg, PhD, OTR/L 163
Chapter 18 Deconstruction and the Institution of Occupation Ganesh M. Babulal, PhD, OTD, MSCI, MOT, OTR/L Anil H. Chandiramani Steven D. Taff, PhD, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA 181
Chapter 19 Philosophical Influences on Occupational Therapy in Brazil: A Historical Timeline Daniel Marinho Cezar da Cruz, PhD, MSc, OT Daniela da Silva Rodrigues, MSc, OT Helen Carey, PhD, MSc Adv OT, Dip COT, OTR/L 189
Chapter 20 Postmodernism: Foundations for Problematizing and Reimagining Conditions of Possibility Rebecca M. Aldrich, PhD, OTR/L Debbie Laliberte Rudman, PhD, OT Reg. (ON) Aaron Bonsall, PhD, OTR/L 201
Chapter 21 Intersectionality: Feminist Theorizing in the Pursuit of Justice and Equity Alison Gerlach, PhD, MSc (OT) Lilian Magalhaes, PhD, OT 209
Chapter 22 Capable and Occupied: How the Capabilities Approach Can Enrich the "Occupation" Discourse Ganesh M. Babulal, PhD, OTD, MSCI, MOT, OTR/L Parul Bakhshi, PhD, DEA (MPhil) Jean-Francois Trani, PhD, MSc, MPhil 221
Chapter 23 How Philosophy Can Support Occupational Therapy's Relevance in the 21st Century Steven D. Taff, PhD, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA Moses N. Ikiugu, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Jyothi Gupta, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA 233
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