Week 4 Flashcards
Lecture 7 & 8 (9 cards)
1
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Positivism
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focus on reality
2
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Constructivism
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Focus on representation/ social construction
3
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Ontology
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a set of concepts and categories in a subject area or domain that shows their properties and the relations between them.
4
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Epistemology
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The theory of knowledge
5
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Epistemology & Ontology of positivism
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Commitment to an objectivist view of both
6
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How do positivists research
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Pure scientific, keep your opinions out of research
7
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Constructivist critique on positivism
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Things can not be objectively know, the context influences it.
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