makes about reality or truth (Hitchcock and Hughes, 1989). According to Hitchcock and Hughes (1989) “ontology is about what exists, what it looks like, what components make up and how it the components interact with each other”. Likewise, as with epistemology, these issues can sometimes have a major impact on methodology, and any contrasting ontology of human beings in turn, can sometimes demand different research methods (Burrell & Morgan, 1979; Cohen, et.
Epistemology means what relationship the researcher has with the research subject - how do we get knowledge and how we discover new things. Ontological beliefs will dictate epistemological beliefs. In other words, what the researcher believes about the nature of reality will dictate what kind of relationship they think the researcher should have with whatever is being studied. There are two basic beliefs about how we should gather new knowledge. Realists believe that research should be done in an
and methodology The qualitative and quantitative methodologies derive from their respective scientific philosophy or paradigm. Each paradigm has its own ontology and epistemology. The ontological position states how the paradigm perceives the reality and the epistemology is concerned with the nature of and the scope of knowledge (Slevitch, 2011). This, the logic of justification, not only differs between the qualitative and quantitative paradigm but is opposites (ibid). The ontology of the quantitative
Susan Lanzoni resuscitates Ludwig Binswanger’s important work within the psychiatric community in “An Epistemology of the Clinic: Ludwig Binswanger’s Phenomenology of the Other” by comparing Binswanger’s ideologies with those of Sigmund Freud (depth psychologist) and Karl Jaspers (pioneer of phenomenological psychiatry). Both Jaspers and B created a new paradigm of the intuitive, which entails using “phenomenological intuition and empathy [to] provide a direct pathway to understanding the psychotic
Philosophy is a field study that tries, through the logic and reasoning argumentation, to explain as much knowledge as possible and which is the role of the human being in nature. Since ancient times, philosophy has been dedicated to study the most fundamental concepts and principals related to the thinking, action and reality. The range and methodology of philosophy is not rigid, giving space for all types of interpretations and understandings. Philosophy is a very extensive field study which includes
exposes him to knowledge that serves as a counter-narrative to the prevailing forms of information present in South Africa at the time. He reads that “It is only as one learns...of the hates and fears of our country…[that] one’s love grows deep and passionate” (Paton 207). Arthur Jarvis states here that once he was exposed to the reality of the situation in South Africa, he had no option but to strive to improve race relations. This statement clearly emphasizes Paton’s belief that knowledge prevents Otherization
Piaget and His Impact through His Studies on Cognitive Development in Children Every ounce of knowledge people have today originated from someone’s original theories, and ideas. If one was to look at the way in which cognitive development is view, then then some of the roots of the knowledge of how a child develops would lead back to Jean Piaget. This developmental psychologist helped shape the knowledge we have of children and their cognition. Piaget was born on August 9th, 1896. He died at age
areas of study: logic, ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, and aesthetics. Sarri (2014) begins his text by defining philosophy
9.1. Research Epistemology The researcher should concerns what constitutes acceptable knowledge in a field of study (Saunders, Lewis and Thornhill, 2012, P.136).In this research study is to evaluate the relationship between two market strategies base on existing theories and case study, therefore, the realism has been selected which assumes a scientific approach to the development of knowledge. Moreover, there is two type of realism, direct realism and critical realism, the latter one will be conducted
spiritual world coexisting together. Philosophy answers the questions of what is real, what is true, and how we can know it.2 The study of knowledge and how it is made known is called epistemology. Something can be true only if it corresponds to reality. Christians believe that we can gain knowledge through revelation, experience, reason, and science.2 Therefore, knowledge is not limited to our own senses. Christian philosophy supports the belief of mind/body dualism, which asserts that the body is