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Author Basden, Andrew, 1948-

Title FOUNDATIONS AND PRACTICE OF RESEARCH : adventures with Dooyeweerd's philosophy
Published [Place of publication not identified] : ROUTLEDGE, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Series Routledge studies in innovation, organization and technology
Contents Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: To Help You Read This Book; 1-1 Adventures With Dooyeweerd's Philosophy; 1-2 Research; 1-2.1 The Mandate of Research; 1-2.2 Clarifying Concepts Used in This Book; 1-2.3 Some Requirements for Research; 1-2.4 Research Content, Activity and Application; 1-2.5 Range of Fields; 1-3 Practice; 1-4 Foundations; 1-4.1 Foundations of Research; 1-4.2 Philosophy; 1-4.3 Dooyeweerd and Philosophy; 1-4.4 Resources; 1-5 Guide for Readers
1-5.1 The Structure of the Book1-5.2 Some Tips on Reading; PART I; 2 Research and Everyday Experience; 2-1 Some Preliminaries; 2-1.1 Differences Between Research and Everyday Experience; 2-1.2 Relationships Between Research and Everyday Experience; 2-2 The Researcher-World Relationships: Detached or Participant Observer?; 2-2.1 Is Detached Observer Possible?; 2-2.2 Is Detached Observer Desirable?; 2-2.3 Dooyeweerd's View of the Researcher-World Relationship; 2-3 The Relationship Between Theoretical and Pre-Theoretical Thinking; 2-3.1 Is Neutral Theoretical Thinking Desirable?
2-3.2 Is Neutral Theoretical Thinking Possible?2-3.3 Dooyeweerd's View of Theoretical and Pre-Theoretical Thinking; 2-4 The Value of Theoretical and Pre-Theoretical Knowledge; 2-5 Understanding Everyday, Pre-Theoretical Experience; 2-5.1 Interest in Everyday Experience; 2-5.2 Appealing to Everyday Experience; 2-5.3 Starting With Everyday Experience; 2-6 Everyday Experience and Research; 2-6.1 The Everyday Experience of Applying Research; 2-6.2 Research Activity as Everyday Experience; 2-6.3 Everyday Experience in Research Content; 2-7 Conclusions; 3 Diversity and Coherence
3-1 A Philosophical Look at Diversity and Coherence3-2 Dooyeweerd's Aspects; 3-2.1 An Initial Look at Diversity; 3-2.2 Aspects as Modes; 3-2.3 Irreducibility of Aspects; 3-2.4 Inter-Aspect Coherence; 3-2.4.1 Aspectual Simultaneity; 3-2.4.2 No Conflict Among Aspects; 3-2.4.3 Inter-Aspect Analogy; 3-2.4.4 Inter-Aspect Dependency; 3-2.4.5 The Order of Aspects; 3-3 Diversity and Coherence of Research Activity; 3-4 Diversity and Coherence of Research Application; 3-5 Diversity and Coherence in Research Content (Theories); 3-5.1 Diversity and Coherence of Research Fields
3-5.2 Diversity and Coherence of Data Collected in Research3-5.3 Diversity and Coherence Within Concepts; 3-5.4 Diversity and Coherence in Research Findings/Theories; 3-6 Conclusion; 4 Meaning in Research and Reality, and an Overview of Dooyeweerd's Understanding of Reality; 4-1 Types of Meaning; 4-2 Treatment of Meaning in Philosophy; 4-3 Meaningfulness as the Foundation for Ontology, Epistemology and Axiology; 4-3.1 Diversity and Coherence of Meaning; 4-3.2 Aspects: Spheres of Meaningfulness; 4-3.3 Meaningfulness as the Modes of Being; 4-3.4 Types and Identity
Summary Many of the issues on which meaningful research is founded are seldom discussed; for example, the role of everyday experience, diversity and coherence of meaning in the world, the meaningfulness and wider mandate of research, the very nature and validity of theoretical thought, and the deep presuppositions of philosophy and how they undermine the success of research. Such questions are material to the philosophies that guide research thinking in all fields, and since they cannot be satisfactorily addressed in a piecemeal fashion, this book employs the radically different philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd to consider them together. Parts I and II discuss these issues theoretically and philosophically, while Part III discusses them practically, specifically the adventures that researchers across the world have had using Dooyeweerd's philosophy. Foundations and Practice of Research assembles a wide range of experiences of using Dooyeweerd's philosophy in research in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences, the social sciences, design sciences and the humanities. Case studies demonstrate how Dooyeweerd's philosophy has been found fruitful in most stages of research, and the philosophical discussion backs this up. This book challenges researchers to join the adventures, including suggestions of potential research that could be carried out, as well as questions still left unanswered
Notes Andrew Basden is Professor of Human Factors and Philosophy in Information Systems at the University of Salford, UK. He has been active in research for 40 of the past 50 years, informed by 12 years of professional practice
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Subject Dooyeweerd, H. (Herman), 1894-1977.
SUBJECT Dooyeweerd, H. (Herman), 1894-1977 fast
Subject Research -- Philosophy
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Information Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Decision-Making & Problem Solving.
Research -- Philosophy
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