An Introduction to the Philosophy of Methodology

Zusammenfassung
Provides students with a concise introduction to the philosophy of methodology.

Klappentext

Provides students with a concise introduction to the philosophy of methodology.

Zusammenfassung
Provides students with a concise introduction to the philosophy of methodology.

Inhalt

Problems Identified: Truth Knowledge and the Role of Theory
Explaining Theory
Positivism and Post-Positivism
Phenomenology
Critical Theory
Constructivism and Participatory Paradigms: Introducing Action Research
Postmodernism and Post-Structuralism
Ethnography
Grounded Theory
Hermeneutics
Foucault
Validity, Reliability and Generalization
Methods
Conclusions