POL 2156 Lecture 1: Foundations to Research
2 Feb 2018
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There is no meaningful distinction between knowledge in philosophy ex. We tend to assume specialization, for early philosophers there was outcome). One of the big ways knowledge gets divided up are paradigms of research. insight that will be reached and every step is towards it. Think of a way to cut up research, discipline is the way to do that. There are other really common ways of how to use knowledge: how you analyze or get your information about the world. The biggest way in social science is to identify as qualitative or quantitative for example. Whether it is over or on going (i. e. history or present). Basic research none if you add a thought and could articulate it then go for it! We are so divided up there are 9 units at ottawa for social sciences. How (generating knowledge natural science) and applied research (get a certain. Ontology what is the nature of the world.
