abstract:

The human sciences have witnessed a decades-long transition from an emphasis on theories centered on hermeneutics and the interpretation of meaning to a preoccupation with theories that privilege performance, action, and being/becoming. This essay develops out of the conceptual orientation of William James, which holds that all knowledge comes from experience, as well as the author’s writings on what matters most to participants in local worlds. The essay shows how meaning and being/becoming are unified in moral life and understood as embodied and lived experiences of care and caregiving, and it draws upon the author’s experience of being the primary family carer for his late wife, who died of early onset Alzheimer’s disease, as well as his experience of self-isolation in the COVID-19 pandemic. The essay’s intention is to advance theoretical questions raised in the author’s 2019 book The Soul of Care: The Moral Education of a Husband and a Doctor.

摘要：

人类科学经历了几十年的转变，从强调以诠释学和意义解释为中心的理论转变为对特权赋予行为，行动和存在/成为的理论的关注。本文是在威廉·詹姆斯的概念取向基础上发展起来的，威廉·詹姆斯认为所有知识都来自经验，以及作者对当地世界参与者最重要的著作。这篇文章展示了意义和存在/成为如何在道德生活中统一起来，并被理解为体现和生活的照料和照料经历，并且借鉴了作者成为已故妻子的主要家庭照顾者的经历，该妻子因早发性阿尔茨海默氏病而去世。疾病，以及他在COVID-19大流行中的自我隔离经历。关怀的灵魂：丈夫和医生的道德教育。