Abstract
Qualitative researchers sometimes adopt an interpretive orientation, thereby promoting a form of professional practice not underpinned by positivist reasoning processes but by practical rationality. In this chapter, we contend that what we call ‘interpretive’ qualitative research does not stand the test of standard conceptions of scientific reason. However, we also contend that the test of such conceptions of scientific reasoning is not an appropriate test for interpretively oriented qualitative research.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Phronesis as Professional Knowledge |
Subtitle of host publication | Practical Wisdom in the Professions |
Editors | Elizabeth Anne Kinsella, Allan Pitman |
Place of Publication | Rotterdam |
Publisher | Sense Publishers |
Chapter | 7 |
Pages | 87-100 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Edition | 1 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789460917318 |
ISBN (Print) | 9789460917295 |
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Publication status | Published - 2012 |