Foundations and practice of research : adventures with Dooyeweerd's philosophy /: adventures with Dooyeweerd's philosophy. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew Basden.
• Authors: Basden, Andrew, 1948-
• Contents: List of Tables List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1. Introduction 1-1. ADVENTURES WITH DOOYEWEERD'S PHILOSOPHY 1-2. RESEARCH 1-2.1 The Mandate of Research 1-2.2 Clarifying Concepts Used in This Book 1-2.3 Some Requirements for Research 1-2.4 Research Content, Activity and Application 1-2.5 Range of Fields 1-3. PRACTICE 1-4. FOUNDATIONS 1-4.1 Foundations of Research 1-4.2 Philosophy 1-4.3 Dooyeweerd and Philosophy 1-4.4 Resources 1-5. GUIDE FOR READERS 1-5.1 The Structure of the Book 1-5.2 Some Tips on Reading PART I Chapter 2. Research and Everyday Experience 2-1. SOME PRELIMINARIES 2-1.1 Differences Between Research and Everyday Experience 2-1.2 Relationships Between Research and Everyday Experience 2-2. THE RESEARCHER-WORLD RELATIONSHIPS: DETACHED OR PARTICIPANT OBSERVER? 2-2.1 Is Detached Observer Possible? 2-2.2 Is Detached Observer Desirable? 2-2.3 Dooyeweerd's View of the Researcher-World Relationship 2-3. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEORETICAL AND PRE-THEORETICAL THINKING 2-3.1 Is Neutral Theoretical Thinking Desirable? 2-3.2 Is Neutral Theoretical Thinking Possible? 2-3.3 Dooyeweerd's View of Theoretical and Pre-theoretical Thinking 2-4. THE VALUE OF THEORETICAL AND PRE-THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE 2-5. UNDERSTANDING EVERYDAY, PRE-THEORETICAL EXPERIENCE 2-5.1 Interest in Everyday Experience 2-5.2 Appealing to Everyday Experience 2-5.3 Starting with Everyday Experience 2-6. EVERYDAY EXPERIENCE AND RESEARCH 2-6.1 The Everyday Experience of Applying Research 2-6.2 Research Activity as Everyday Experience 2-6.3 Everyday Experience in Research Content 2-7. CONCLUSIONS Chapter 3. Diversity and Coherence 3-1. A PHILOSOPHICAL LOOK AT DIVERSITY AND COHERENCE 3-2. DOOYEWEERD'S ASPECTS 3-2.1 An Initial Look At Diversity 3-2.2 Aspects as Modes 3-2.3 Irreducibility of Aspects 3-2.4 Inter-aspect Coherence 3-2.4.1 Aspectual simultaneity 3-2.4.2 No conflict among aspects 3-2.4.3 Inter-aspect analogy 3-2.4.4 Inter-aspect dependency 3-2.4.5 The Order of Aspects 3-3. DIVERSITY AND COHERENCE OF RESEARCH ACTIVITY 3-4. DIVERSITY AND COHERENCE OF RESEARCH APPLICATION 3-5. DIVERSITY AND COHERENCE IN RESEARCH CONTENT (THEORIES) 3-5.1 Diversity and Coherence of Research Fields 3-5.2 Diversity and Coherence of Data Collected in Research 3-5.3 Diversity and Coherence Within Concepts 3-5.4 Diversity and Coherence in Research Findings / Theories 3-6. CONCLUSION Chapter 4. Meaning in Research and Reality, and an Overview of Dooyeweerd's Understanding of Reality 4-1. PRELIMINARIES 4-2. TREATMENT OF MEANING IN PHILOSOPHY 4-3. MEANINGFULNESS AS THE FOUNDATION FOR ONTOLOGY, EPISTEMOLOGY AND AXIOLOGY 4-3.1 Diversity and Coherence of Meaning 4-3.2 Aspects: Spheres of Meaningfulness 4-3.3 Meaningfulness as the Ground of Being 4-3.4 Types and Identity 4-3.5 Structural Relationships 4-3.6 Meaning and Rationality 4-3.7 Meaning, Value and Good 4-3.8 Law, Functioning and Repercussion 4-3.8.1 Law: the possibility of functioning and repercussion 4-3.8.2 Multi-aspectual functioning 4-3.8.3 Society, progress and meaningfulness 4-3.8.4 Meaningful properties and functional relationships 4-3.9 Subject and Object in Terms of Meaningfulness and Law 4-3.10 Prior Meaningfulness and the Metaphor of Ocean 4-3.11 Towards a Model of Meaning 4-3.11.1 The proposed model 4-3.11.2 Application to philosophy 4-3.12 Meaningfulness and Knowing the World 4-3.13 Knowing Meaningfulness Itself: Delineating the Aspects 4-3.14 Meaning, Time and Self 4-4. POTENTIAL RELEVANCE FOR RESEARCH 4-4.1 Meaningfulness and Research Application 4-4.2. Meaningfulness and Research Activity 4-4.3 Meaning and Research Content 4-5. CONCLUSION Chapter 5. Research and Philosophy 5-1. ROLES OF PHILOSOPHY IN RESEARCH 5-1.1 Ontology, Epistemology and Axiology 5-1.2 Philosophy as Approach 5-1.3 Philosophy as Foundation 5-1.4 Philosophy as Source of Conceptual Tools and Methods 5-2. LEVELS OF PRESUPPOSITION 5-2.1 Worldviews 5-2.2 Ground-motives 5-2.3 Ground-motives as Presuppositions not Truths 5-2.4 Differences Between Dialectical and Pluralist Ground-motives 5-3. STANDPOINTS 5-3.1 Problems Resulting from the Immanence Standpoint 5-3.2 Alternative Standpoints 5-3.3 Towards a Different Standpoint 5-4. THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOOYEWEERD'S PHILOSOPHY 5-4.1 Struggles with the Immanence Standpoint 5-4.2 Seeking a "Christian" Philosophy 5-4.3 Fresh Insights for Research 5-5. CROSSING RESEARCH PHILOSOPHY BOUNDARIES 5-6. CONCLUSION PART II Chapter 6. On Theoretical Knowledge and Research 6-1. THE CHALLENGE OF TRUTH 6-1.1 Realism and Anti-Realism: Is There Generic Truth? 6-1.2 About Truth 6-1.3 Dooyeweerd's Critique of Truth 6-2. ON THE NON-NEUTRALITY OF THEORETICAL THOUGHT 6-2.1 Dooyeweerd's Immanent Critique of Theoretical Thought 6-2.2 Dooyeweerd's Transcendental Critiques of Theoretical Thought 6-3. DOOYEWEERD'S SECOND TRANSCENDENTAL CRITIQUE OF THEORETICAL THOUGHT 6-3.1 Preparing to Understand the Transcendental Problems 6-3.2 The Starting Question 6-3.3 First Transcendental Problem (TP1), Abstraction: Thinker and Diversity of World 6-3.4 Second Transcendental Problem (TP2), Reuniting That Which Was Set Asunder: Rationalities and Responsibility 6-3.5 Third Transcendental Problem (TP3), Grounds of Critical Self-Reflection: Origin of Meaning 6-3.6 Ground-motives as Origins of Meaning 6-3.7 Summary 6-4. DOOYEWEERD'S PERSPECTIVE ON TRUTH 6-5. CONCLUSION Chapter 7. Ground-Ideas: How Philosophies Work 7-1. DOOYEWEERD'S NOTION OF THREE-PART GROUND-IDEA 7-1.1 Ground-Ideas of Philosophy: A Tool for LACE 7-1.2 Diversity of World 7-1.2.1 Data from the world 7-1.2.2 On sources of data 7-1.2.3 Secondary data and use of instruments 7-1.3 Coherence of Rationalities 7-1.4 Wider Meaningfulness and Origin of Meaning 7-1.5 Ground-Idea Analysis: Example from So
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 001.401; Research -- Philosophy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351762472; 9781351762489; 9781351762465; 9781315194912
• Related ISBNs: 9781138720688
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