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Understanding epistemology and its key approaches in research cefcambodia.com Jan 21, 2023 9 facts
claimPositivism holds that research should aim to achieve representativeness, generalizability, and objectivity.
claimThe core argument of positivism is that facts about the external world exist to be discovered, and knowledge is based on sensory experience measurable through empirical or scientific inquiry.
claimPositivism requires that research be free from the researcher's own values to achieve objectivity, meaning the researcher's position must be separate from and not influence the research outcomes.
claimCritics of positivism argue that its principles are not suitable for all research issues, particularly within social science research.
claimPositivism is an epistemological approach to research that focuses on observable facts based on scientific methods.
claimInterpretivism is an epistemological position that contradicts the view of positivism.
quoteCohen et al. (2018) argued: "Where positivism is less successful, however, is in its application to the study of human behaviour, where the immense complexity of human nature and the elusive and intangible quality of social phenomena contrast strikingly with the order and regularity of the natural world. This point is apparent in the contexts of classrooms and schools where the problems of teaching, learning and human interaction present the positivistic researcher with a mammoth challenge."
claimThe article 'Understanding epistemology and its key approaches in research' identifies positivism, interpretivism, and pragmatism as key epistemological approaches central to research.
claimPositivism, as a philosophical position, stems from the 19th-century French philosopher Auguste Comte.
The Hard Problem of Consciousness | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com 1 fact
claimQuantum physics threatened the objectivist notion of a 'neutral' observer, which exacerbated the epistemological crisis of positivism and empiricism.