Putting philosophy to work: developing the conceptual architecture of research projects.
Research necessarily entails the close interrelation of concepts and arguments, including solutions to a range of meta-questions, whether acknowledged explicitly or not. Despite this, few detailed accounts currently exist that support researchers to develop their complex conceptual architectures, es...
| Published in: | Journal of Critical Realism Vol. 22; no. 3; pp. 364 - 384 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=164942338&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 164942338 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 14767430 7DS jtl: Journal of Critical Realism issn: 14767430 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2023 vid: 22 iid: 3 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 164942338 10.1080/14767430.2023.2217054 ppf: 364 ppct: 20 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 2.1MB tig: atl: Putting philosophy to work: developing the conceptual architecture of research projects. aug: au: Nichol, Adam J. Hastings, Catherine Elder-Vass, Dave affil: Department of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Law School, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK su: Decision making Critical realism Social theory sug: subj: Decision making Critical realism Social theory keyword: methodology methods ontology research design social theory ab: Research necessarily entails the close interrelation of concepts and arguments, including solutions to a range of meta-questions, whether acknowledged explicitly or not. Despite this, few detailed accounts currently exist that support researchers to develop their complex conceptual architectures, especially in critical realist spheres. Indeed, many published accounts often omit much of this 'messiness' that sits behind, yet is foundational to, research projects. Those accounts that do seek to portray how/why researchers have made decisions (e.g. about connections between research philosophy, methodology, methods, theory and empirical evidence) tend to focus on one set of meta-questions, or occasionally on the relationships between two sets, at a time. Therefore, this paper presents a flexible framework – supported by specific examples from studies – that we hope will be useful in supporting researchers from all traditions, but especially critical realists, to carefully think through and develop more holistic connections in their conceptual architecture. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Critical Realism is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Critical Realism holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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