Philosophy and Occupational Therapy

Dedication Acknowledgments About the Editor Contributing Authors Foreword: Philosophy and Professional Reflection, Change, and Growth by Barb Hooper, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Chapter 1 What Is Philosophy? Steven D. Taff, PhD, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA Chapter 2 Reframing the Narrative on the Philosophies Influencing the Development of Occupational Therapy Steven D. Taff, PhD, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA, and Ganesh M. Babulal, PhD, OTD, MSCI, MOT, OTR/L Chapter 3 Focus on the -Mental and Spiritual: Idealism and Occupational Therapy Wanda J. Mahoney, PhD, OTR/L, and Brad E. Egan, PhD, OTD, CADC, OTR/L Chapter 4 Realism: Exploring the Divide Between What Exists and What Humans Make of It Jyothi Gupta, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, and Bernard A. K. Muriithi, PhD, OTR/L Chapter 5 A Teleological Perspective of Occupational Engagement: Humanism Informing Occupational Therapy Moses N. Ikiugu, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, and Whitney Lucas-Molitor, PhD, OTD, MS, OTR/L, BCG Chapter 6 Occupation and Meaningful Living: An Existential Perspective Aaron M. Eakman, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, and Moses N. Ikiugu, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Chapter 7 Romanticism and Transcendentalism: Ideas That Made Occupational Therapy Possible and Holistic Practice Necessary Charles H. Christiansen, EdD, OTR, FAOTA 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; andSteven D. Taff, PhD, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA Chapter 9 Pragmatic Foundations: Instrumentalism and Transactionalism in Occupational Therapy Moses N. Ikiugu, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, andRanelle M. Nissen, PhD, OTR/L Chapter 10 Phenomenology: Returning to the Things Themselves With Wonder and Curiosity Valerie A. Wright--St Clair, PhD, MPH, DipProfEthics,DipBusStud, DipOT, and Elizabeth Anne Kinsella,PhD, MAdEd, BSc(OT) Chapter 11 Tools, Thoughts, and Signs: Sociocultural Perspectives on Mind and Occupation Arun Selvaratnam, MS, OTR/L, andSteven D. Taff, PhD, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA Chapter 12 An African Philosophy of Personhood in Southern Occupational Therapy Thuli Mthembu, BSc OT, MPH, PhD, and Madeleine Duncan,DipOT, BOT, BAHons(Psych), MSc OT, DPhil(Psych) Chapter 13 Fundamental Impermanence: Process Philosophy and Occupational Potential Lauren Putnam, BS, andSteven D. Taff, PhD, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA 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;and Steven D. Taff, PhD, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA Chapter 15 Structuralism: Examining the Interrelationships Around Occupation Ganesh M. Babulal, PhD, OTD, MSCI, MOT, OTR/L, andJyothi Gupta, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Chapter 16 Critical Theory: Resources for Questioning and Transforming Everyday Life Lisette Farias, PhD, MScOT, Reg. OT, andRebecca M. Aldrich, PhD, OTR/L Chapter 17 Everyday Hermeneutics: Understanding (the Meaning of) Occupational Engagement Melissa Park, PhD, MA OT; Aaron Bonsall, PhD, OTR/L; andDon Fogelberg, PhD, OTR/L Chapter 18 Deconstruction and the Institution of Occupation Ganesh M. Babulal, PhD, OTD, MSCI, MOT, OTR/L;Anil H. Chandiramani; andSteven D. Taff, PhD, OTR/L, FNAP, FAOTA 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; andHelen Carey, PhD, MSc Adv OT, Dip COT, OTR/L Chapter 20 Postmodernism: Foundations for Problematizing and Reimagining Conditions of Possibility Rebecca M. Aldrich, PhD, OTR/L;Debbie Laliberte Rudman, PhD, OT Reg. (ON); andAaron Bonsall, PhD, OTR/L Chapter 21 Inter Sectionality: Feminist Theorizing in the Pursuit of Justice and Equity Alison Gerlach, PhD, MSc (OT), and Lilian Magalhaes, PhD, OT 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); andJean-Francois Trani, PhD, MSc, MPhil 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; andJyothi Gupta, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Financial Disclosures Index