‘Interpretivism’ is the position in .................... .
Epistemological
Epistemology concerns what counts as acceptable knowledge and how it can be obtained; ontology concerns the nature of social reality. Alan Bryman describes positivism and interpretivism as contrasting epistemological positions, and objectivism and constructionism as ontological positions.
Interpretivism holds that the subject matter of the social sciences — people and their meanings — differs from that of natural sciences, so knowledge requires grasping the subjective meaning of social action (Weber's Verstehen, phenomenology, symbolic interactionism).
Hence, the answer is Epistemological.
................ is a limitation of positivism in research.
..................... is a common goal of both positivistic and post-positivistic approaches to research.
........................ is the study of nature of knowledge, justification and rationality of belief.
Ontology refers to :
...................... is the philosophical study of being.
What does the term “ontology” refer to ?
Qualitative research is based on ................ philosophy.
A philosophy called “Constructivism” is associated with :
Which of the following is not analyzed in post-modernist research ?
Epistemology can be understood as :
................ is a limitation of positivism in research.
..................... is a common goal of both positivistic and post-positivistic approaches to research.
........................ is the study of nature of knowledge, justification and rationality of belief.
Ontology refers to :
...................... is the philosophical study of being.