[Analytics of ambiguity: methodological strategy to the phenomenological research in health].
Edite Lago da Silva Sena, Lucia Hisako Takase Gonçalves, Marcos José Müller Granzotto, Patricia Anjos Lima Carvalho, Helca Franciolli Teixeira Reis
Revista gaucha de enfermagem December 2010 DOI: 10.1590/s1983-14472010000400022 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
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| Sample size | 10 |
| Population | Family members of Alzheimer's patients who belong to a mutual-help group for caregivers, at a university in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil |
| Key points | Proposes an interpretive strategy called "Analytics of ambiguity" for understanding findings in phenomenological research based on Merleau-Ponty's experiential ontology. The author argues it enables recognition of consciousness as non-perceptible and perception as an always ambiguous process, and that its application is consistent with other similar studies. |
Abstract
The strategy presented in this paper, called Analytics of ambiguity, is connected to the necessity of understanding findings in researches based on Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology. It was developed through a study of descriptions of life experiences from ten family members, members of a Mutual Help Group for caregivers of Alzheimer's patients, conducted at a university in Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil. Such descriptions were shown through interviews based on intercorporeal experience, during the writing of a Doctoral Dissertation in Nursing. The application of the Analytics of ambiguity to this study is consistent with other similar studies and opens up possibilities for the understanding of findings in phenomenological researches, specifically those based on the experiential ontology of Merleau-Ponty, for it enables us to recognize consciousness as something non-perceptible and perception as an always ambiguous process.