Epistemology and metaphysics for qualitative research /
Tomas Pernecky.
- viii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-229) and index.
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.
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Qualitative research. Knowledge, Theory of. Metaphysics. Knowledge, Theory of. Metaphysics. Qualitative research. Empirische Sozialforschung Erkenntnistheorie Metaphysik Qualitative Sozialforschung