Philosophical Approaches to Qualitative Research

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ID23620187
AuthorsRenee Spencer (0000-0002-2876-2918, Boston University), Julia Pryce (0000-0003-0156-0686, Loyola University Chicago), Julia M Pryce (Universidad Loyola Andalucía), Jill Walsh (0000-0001-7915-4835, Sociology, Boston University), Jill Paton Walsh (Boston University)
Year2020
Pages112-142
Publication date2020-09-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueOxford Handbook of Qualitative Research (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190847388.013.13
OpenAlexW4254868828
ISBN9780190847388
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited45

This chapter reviews some of the major overarching philosophical approaches to qualitative inquiry and includes some historical background for each approach. Taking a “big picture” view, the chapter discusses postpositivism, constructivism, critical theory, feminism, and queer theory and offers a brief history of these approaches; considers the ontological, epistemological, and axiological assumptions on which they rest; and details some of their distinguishing features. In the last section, attention is turned to the future, identifying three overarching, interrelated, and contested issues with which the field is being confronted and will be compelled to address as it moves forward: retaining the rich diversity that has defined the field, the articulation of recognizable standards for qualitative research, and the commensurability of differing approaches.

Articulation (sociology) · Commensurability (mathematics) · Constructivism (international relations) · Epistemology · Feminism · Field (mathematics) · International relations · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics

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