Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology as a theoretical-philosophical framework in teaching research in nursing

Abstract

This paper aims to describe the theoretical-philosophical framework used in the development of the qualitative research that constituted the thesis “Meanings of sensibility for being a nursing teacher-nurse in teaching and learning to be and do nursing in light of Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology”. This approach made it possible to seek subsidies for the questions that result from life experience, since the philosopher recognizes the body inserted in the world as a constitution of the subjectivity and expression of speech. According to the Merleau-Pontyan framework, it is possible to comprehend the language as gestuality and body expression in the perceptive experiences of the other when interviews are done with the participants. The results indicate the importance of phenomenology as it helped the researchers to figure out their own ways, know the feelings, behaviors, and the relations with the other, in a dynamic world, which is in constant transformation and that develops a dialogue and makes connections with life. Descriptors: Philosophy. Qualitative Research. Education.Nursing.