In this article‚ Eve Sedgwick criticizes the Freudian “paranoid reading” for precluding any other epistemologies‚ and suggests “reparative reading” as an alternative way of treating text. To begin with‚ she mentions about the Freudian explanation that paranoia originates from the repression of same-sex desire. Sedgwick criticizes this conventional psychoanalysis‚ which inevitably pathologizes homosexuality as paranoia. As borrowing Hocquenghem’s reasoning‚ she argues that paranoia reflects not homosexuality
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to begin is with the philosophical choices of ontology and epistemology. Ontology is concerned with how you choose to define what is real whereas epistemology is concerned with how you form knowledge and establish criteria for evaluating it. (Hatch & Cunliffe 2006) Modernism Modernist ontology is objectivism where it belief in objective‚ external reality whose existence is independent of our knowledge of it whereas for epistemology‚ it is positivism where truth is discovered through conceptualisation
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Methods and Interpretation Guba EG‚ Lincoln YS (1994) Competing paradigms in qualitative research Hesse M (1980) Revolutions and Reconstructions in the Philosophy of Science Horsfall JM (1995) Madness in our methods: nursing research‚ scientific epistemology. Johnson RB‚ Onwuegbuzie AJ (2004) Mixed methods research: a research paradigm whose Lincoln YS‚ Guba EG (1985) Naturalistic Inquiry © RCN Publishing / NURSE RESEARCHER Mertens DM (2003) Mixed methods Mill JE‚ Allen MN‚ Morrow RA (2001) Critical
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research‚ illustrations will be be made on the epistemological differences between quantitative and qualitative styles of research. Moreover‚ different Research methodologies‚ philosophies and approaches such as: Positivism‚ Realism‚ Interpretivism‚ Epistemology‚ Triangulation‚ Inductive and Deductive approaches will be utilised to help analyse in depth as well as argue Kane’s Statement. There is a belief‚ held by many that ‘research’ is associated with activities that are remote from daily life and
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(Popkin & Stroll‚ Philosophy Made Simple‚ 1993). The doubt or the denial of the possibility of knowledge is known as skepticism. Knowledge requires certainty; this implies that before we can claim to know anything we must be certain (Omoregbe‚ J.‚ Epistemology‚ 2007). Certainty therefore becomes a priority to lay claim to any knowledge. Augustine’s first skepticism was refuted by the principle of contradiction‚ which states that “a proposition and its contradiction cannot both be true; therefore
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Running head: Evaluate Creative Thinking Evaluate Creative Thinking By Emery Sutton PHL/251 Critical Thinking Instructor John Wolcott March 24‚ 2010
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to help the emerging era of science have some kind of reasonable and sensible explanations. The Pre-Socratic Philosophers ran the gambit in their beliefs about Metaphysics and Epistemology‚ from staggeringly creative to a little-bit crackpot. Reference: Moore‚ B.N.‚ & Bruder‚ K. (2008). Metaphysics and Epistemology: Existence and Knowledge
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strategies 34 ●● Theoretical perspectives 21 Keywords ●● Inductive ●● Objectivism ●● Deductive ●● Constructivism ●● Epistemology ●● Subjectivism ●● Ontology ●● Research methodology ●● Theory 16 PRINCIPLES AND PLANNING FOR RESEARCH Chapter objectives After reading this chapter you will be able to: •• •• •• •• •• Distinguish between ontology and epistemology in research. Distinguish between inductive and deductive methods. Explain the different perspectives taken by positivism and
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To what extent can I determine my own destiny?’ Discuss in the light of theories‚ ideas and research encountered in the course. Do I act as I do through choice or are my actions influenced by factors beyond our control? This uncertainty has concerned psychologists for decades‚ consequently giving rise to the ’Autonomy versus Determinism’ debate. By definition‚ autonomy is the belief that we are free to make decisions and thus control all of our actions‚ however determinism contradicts this
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The Stranger‚ written by Albert Camus‚ is an existentialist novel about a man who struggles to understand his free will. Camus’ personal philosophy is portrayed throughout the entire novel through the actions of the main character‚ Monsieur Meursault. For the entire book‚ Meursault does not conform well into normal society. For example‚ he does not mourn his mother’s death. He also does not feel any regret after murdering a man who did not deserve to be murdered. However‚ at the end of the novel
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