Constructivist Realism: An Ontology That Encompasses Positivist and Constructivist Approaches to the Social Sciences
It has been argued that positivist and constructivist ontologies are irreconcilable. According to LINCOLN and GUBA (2000), positivism's "naive realism" holds that reality is both "real" and "apprehendable," whereas constructivism maintains that meaning is generated...
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| Language: | deu |
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FQS
2001-02-01
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| Series: | Forum: Qualitative Social Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/968 |