Epistemology and metaphysics for qualitative research / Tomas Pernecky.

Author/creator Pernecky, Tomas
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLos Angeles : Sage Publications, 2016.
Descriptionviii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from SAGE Research Methods Core
Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 209-229) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015960280
ISBN1446282384 (hbk.)
ISBN9781446282380 (hbk.)
ISBN1446282392 (pbk.)
ISBN9781446282397 (pbk.)

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