The branch of philosophy to do with knowledge and how it can be reliably acquired
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Positivism
An epistemological position that there is a concrete set of discoverable facts out there which can only be discovered by replicable, measurable observations
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Subjectivism
A post-positivist position that sees all knowledge as socially constructed and views claims of scientific ‘objectivity’ with suspicion
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Critical realism
A middle-way post-positivist position allowing that there is an external reality but viewing our attempts to perceive it as always flawed and socially determined
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Methodology
The over-arching decision about a research method, influenced by the epistemological position of the researcher AND considerations of goodness of fit to the question
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Method
The precise, step-by-step recipe for conducting a piece of research
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Card 2
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An epistemological position that there is a concrete set of discoverable facts out there which can only be discovered by replicable, measurable observations
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Positivism
Card 3
Front
A post-positivist position that sees all knowledge as socially constructed and views claims of scientific ‘objectivity’ with suspicion
Back
Card 4
Front
A middle-way post-positivist position allowing that there is an external reality but viewing our attempts to perceive it as always flawed and socially determined
Back
Card 5
Front
The over-arching decision about a research method, influenced by the epistemological position of the researcher AND considerations of goodness of fit to the question
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