Methodology as learning to dance with shifting sand: Beyond verisimilitude.

This paper argues that for reasons of epistemic justice and academic rigour alike, methodologies will benefit from allowing themselves to remain open to the unexpected. A well‐documented reason for this is the fact of our capacity for understanding stretching only to verisimilitude rather than to om...

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Publicado en:Metaphilosophy Vol. 56; no. 5; pp. 533 - 551
Autor principal: Wehrheim, Kat
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Oct2025
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        Research methodology
        Participation
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        American pragmatism
        epistemic injustice
        Indigenous philosophies
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