Ontological and Epistemological Foundations of Qualitative Research

The purpose of this paper is to describe the most relevant features of qualitative research in order to show how, from the Epistemology of the Known Subject perspective I propose, it is necessary to review first the ontological and then the epistemological grounds of this type of inquiry. I begin by...

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Main Author: Irene Vasilachis de Gialdino
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: FQS 2009-05-01
Series:Forum: Qualitative Social Research
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Online Access:http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1299