Machine derived contents note: Prologue -- An Invitation to Philosophize -- Part One: The Nature Of Philosophic Inquiry In Nursing -- Philosophic and Scientific Inquiry - Helen Simmons -- The Interface -- Nursing Questions that Science Cannot Answer - June F Kikuchi -- The Aim of Philosophical Inquiry in Nursing - Sister M Simone Roach -- Unity or Diversity of Thought? -- The Aim of Philosophical Inquiry in Nursing - John R Phillips -- Unity or Diversity of Thought? -- Part Two: The Place Of Philosophic Inquiry In Nursing -- Contemporary Conceptualizations of Nursing - Evelyn Adam -- Philosophy or Science? -- Contemporary Conceptualizations of Nursing - Jacqueline Fawcett -- Philosophy or Science? -- Philosophical Inquiry in Nursing - Barbara A Carper -- An Application -- Part Three: The Future Of Philosophic Inquiry In Nursing -- Neglect of Philosophical Inquiry in Nursing - Sara T Fry -- Cause and Effect -- Answering Nursing's Philosophical Questions - Rozella M Schlotfeldt -- Whose Responsibility Is It? -- Epilogue -- Getting to the Heart of the Matter