In Philosophies of Qualitative Research, Svend Brinkmann explores the different philosophical paradigms and ideas that influence qualitative research today. Adopting a historical perspective, the book shows readers exactly how philosophical ideas have evolved and influenced qualitative research in both the past and present. Today, qualitative researchers tend to report on their philosophical commitments in an altogether separate section of their research papers. However, as Philosophies of Qualitative Research asserts, the researcher's philosophical ideas influence everything from the conception of the topic to the final reporting of its results. Therefore, philosophy should not be thought of as a purely abstract discipline, disconnected from the practicalities of research, but rather as a concrete and pervasive aspect of all qualitative research practices. In this book, Brinkmann offers readers an important introduction and discussion of the philosophical issues that are relevant today, regardless of the specific methods employed by qualitative researchers in the field.
| ISBN: | 9780190247249 |
| Publication date: | 16th November 2017 |
| Author: | Svend (Professor of Psychology, Professor of Psychology, Department of Communication and Psychology at the Universit Brinkmann |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | Understanding Qualitative Research |
| Genres: |
Social, group or collective psychology Psychological methodology Social research and statistics Scientific research Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints Cognition and cognitive psychology Philosophy and theory of education Educational systems and structures |