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approach are provided. The paper aims to provide an introduction to research methodologies‚ coupled with a discussion on how meaning making actually occurs through qualitative data analysis. Key Words: Qualitative Research‚ Quantitative Research‚ Epistemology‚ Meaning Making‚ and Qualitative Data Analysis Introduction: Religiosity Research and Meaning There are many topics within the social sciences that are deeply embedded with personal meaning. Research on religious experience and religious psychology
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and contributes to different ideas about power and the limits of power in organization. Ontology and Epistemology are intertwined‚ as these philosophical choices explain basic differences between the perspectives of organization theory (Hatch & Cunliffe 2006). Both ontology and epistemology establish unique research methods‚ interest and beliefs even though they position themselves differently. Ontology refers to the objects of knowledge that emphasize on the fundamental and principle aspects
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and human experience during the fourth century BC. Fundamentally‚ social science research is concerned with people and their life contexts‚ and with philosophical questions relating to the nature of knowledge and truth (epistemology)‚ values (axiology) and being (ontology) which underpin human judgements and activities. Empirical social science research – that is research which involves the collection of data about people and their social contexts by a range of methods – draws heavily upon
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choosing a research tool. Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of knowledge. It talks about variety of knowledge. Ontology is the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature of being. What it means to be and live in the world because there is a difference between how people behave and how they think they behave in the world. Positivism Epistemology looks at what knowledge is and there are two broad approaches within epistemology: 1. Positivism 2. Interpretivism
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WW Field Definition Historical Developments Theories Key Contributors Principal Issues Week 2 Epistemology The study of knowledge: What constitutes knowledge‚ the nature of knowledge‚ and whether knowledge is possible? Pre-Socratics observe and seek to define physical phenomena. Socrates studied human behavior and tried to determine the essential nature of knowledge. Aristotle sought to categorize his observations
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Education Philosophy Outline and Rationale Education Philosophy Outline and Rationale Metaphysics History Aristotle’s metaphysics included Ontology (study of existence)‚ Natural Theology (Study of God)‚ and Universal Science (causality‚ relations‚ interactions‚ etc.) Major Branches Theology: What is God? Is there a God‚ and if so‚ what is its purpose/ Cosmology: Where did the universe come from‚ and what is it comprised of? Determinism/Free Will: To what extent are people responsible
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ways epistemological beliefs are enmeshed within their day-to-day professional lives‚ focusing on the complex fabric of the teaching practice. KEY WORDS: contemporary epistemological research‚ education‚ enactivism‚ lived experiences‚ personal epistemology We rehearse information‚ but perform meaning. Information is like the web of links in a wire fence; Meaning is like the cascade of waves on a mountain stream. Cliff Crego (2002) © 2002 picture-poems.com THEORY & PSYCHOLOGY Copyright © 2008
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Methodology: This chapter aims to map out the methodological fundamentals‚ creating the basis for data collection and the framework of the analysis. The chapter starts off with the chosen methodology being presented and justified. Next‚ the research methods for data collection are discussed‚ following a presentation of how the chosen methods were carried out and how the findings were interpreted in the analysis. Lastly‚ the chapter addresses the quality of the research as well as the objectivity
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Chapter 4: A Cyborg Manifesto: Science‚ Technology‚ and Socialist- Feminism in the Late 20th Century* DONNA HARAWAY History of Consciousness Program‚ University of California‚ at Santa Cruz 1. AN IRONIC DREAM OF A COMMON LANGUAGE FOR WOMEN IN THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT This chapter is an effort to build an ironic political myth faithful to feminism‚ socialism‚ and materialism. Perhaps more faithful as blasphemy is faithful‚ than as reverent worship and identification. Blasphemy has always seemed
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