CMNS 262 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: The The, Reductionism, Verstehen
18 Jan 2016
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Scraps positivism entirely, rather than trying to explain the world there is a focus on understanding it. How you encounter the world and the story you tell about that encounter . A philosophical or theoretical framework: in which theories, laws and: how does post truth are formulated in. Is: what, what is it really any different, how is a from positivism? prof does anti- Reality is singular, a priori and objective. The truth is out there to be discovered. The world exists independently of our knowledge of it. Objective, authoritative, causal the data speaks for itself . The world is complex, and exists independently of individual perception. Approximate and imperfect, but we can still be objective and produce. Modified experimental, hypothesis- driven, mixed methodology (both qualitative and quantitative) Researchers tell stories based on their analysis of data. Reality is objective, there is t ruth that exists in an external world regardless of perception.
