Epistemology and metaphysics for qualitative research. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tomas Pernecky.
• Authors: Pernecky, Tomas
• Contents: Part I: Qualitative Inquiry and Philosophy -- Introduction: Situating Metaphysics and Epistemology in Qualitative Research -- Part II: Key Epistemological and Metaphysical Problems -- In Search of Truths: Epiricism Versus Rationalism -- Scepticism, Idea-ism, and Idealism -- German Idealism, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutics -- Realism, its Varieties and Contenders -- Part III: Intangible Realities -- Social Ontology -- Quantum Reality: Contemporary Views of the Things-in-Themselves -- Part IV: Philosophy in Qulitative Research -- Conclusions: On Academic Creativity and Philosophical and Methodological Freedom.
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (248 pages)
• Subjects: 001.4/2; Qualitative research; Knowledge, Theory of; Metaphysics; Knowledge, Theory of; Metaphysics; Qualitative research; Empirische Sozialforschung; Erkenntnistheorie; Metaphysik; Qualitative Sozialforschung
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781473987708; 1473987709
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