Epistemology and metaphysics for qualitative research / Tomas Pernecky.
"An accessible overview of the metaphysical and epistemological dimensions of research. It expands the philosophical horizons into the realms of social ontology and quantum mechanics to allow researchers to formulate a more holistic standpoint. In a clear, easy to follow style, the reader is gu...
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Table of 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.