Ontology
Van Thiel: nature of being. Does reality truly exist?
Guba & Lincoln: what is the form and nature of reality, what is there what can be known about it?
Moses & Knutsen: the study of being. What is the world really made of?
Lecture Maria: between realism (there is a reality out there laws etc.) and relativism. There is no one
truth, every individual constructs their own reality.
Epistemology
Van Thiel: nature of knowledge. We know reality, there is just one reality that is the same to each.
Guba & Lincoln: relationship between the knower or would be knower, what can be known?
Moses & Knutsen: philosophical study of knowledge. What is knowledge?
Lecture Maria: how do we come to know what we know? Assume reality is out there, I as a
researcher can discover this reality. Several people, there will be a different reality, there will be
never one truth, it is context dependent.
Methodology
Van Thiel: law that describe man and human behavior. People differ from natural phenomena.
Guba & Lincoln: whatever he or she believes can be known
Moses & Knutsen: which we acquire knowledge. How do we know?
Miles et al.: a type of design in qualitative research, an object of study and a product of the inquiry
Lecture Maria: general research strategy that outlines the way in which research is to be
undertaken. It is broader research strategy behind it.
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Van Thiel: nature of being. Does reality truly exist?
Guba & Lincoln: what is the form and nature of reality, what is there what can be known about it?
Moses & Knutsen: the study of being. What is the world really made of?
Lecture Maria: between realism (there is a reality out there laws etc.) and relativism. There is no one
truth, every individual constructs their own reality.
Epistemology
Van Thiel: nature of knowledge. We know reality, there is just one reality that is the same to each.
Guba & Lincoln: relationship between the knower or would be knower, what can be known?
Moses & Knutsen: philosophical study of knowledge. What is knowledge?
Lecture Maria: how do we come to know what we know? Assume reality is out there, I as a
researcher can discover this reality. Several people, there will be a different reality, there will be
never one truth, it is context dependent.
Methodology
Van Thiel: law that describe man and human behavior. People differ from natural phenomena.
Guba & Lincoln: whatever he or she believes can be known
Moses & Knutsen: which we acquire knowledge. How do we know?
Miles et al.: a type of design in qualitative research, an object of study and a product of the inquiry
Lecture Maria: general research strategy that outlines the way in which research is to be
undertaken. It is broader research strategy behind it.
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