Philosophies of Qualitative Research

Svend Brinkmann (Professor of Psychology, Professor of Psychology, Department of Communication and Psychology at the University of Aalborg, in Denmark)

Philosophies of Qualitative Research
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Country
United States
Published
29 November 2017
Pages
208
ISBN
9780190247249

Philosophies of Qualitative Research

Svend Brinkmann (Professor of Psychology, Professor of Psychology, Department of Communication and Psychology at the University of Aalborg, in Denmark)

In Philosophies of Qualitative Research, Svend Brinkmann explores the different philosophical paradigms and ideas that influence qualitative research today. Adopting a historical perspective, the book shows readers exactly how philosophical ideas have evolved and influenced qualitative research in both the past and present. Today, qualitative researchers tend to report on their philosophical commitments in an altogether separate section of their research papers. However, as Philosophies of Qualitative Research asserts, the researcher’s philosophical ideas influence everything from the conception of the topic to the final reporting of its results. Therefore, philosophy should not be thought of as a purely abstract discipline, disconnected from the practicalities of research, but rather as a concrete and pervasive aspect of all qualitative research practices. In this book, Brinkmann offers readers an important introduction and discussion of the philosophical issues that are relevant today, regardless of the specific methods employed by qualitative researchers in the field.

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