Phenomenology as Qualitative Research: A Critical Analysis of Meaning Attribution
John Paley, "Phenomenology as Qualitative Research: A Critical Analysis of Meaning Attribution "
English | ISBN: 1138652814 | 2016 | 198 pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 1138652814 | 2016 | 198 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Phenomenology originated as a novel way of doing philosophy early in the twentieth century. In the writings of Husserl and Heidegger, regarded as its founders, it was a non-empirical kind of philosophical enquiry. Although this tradition has continued in a variety of forms, ‘phenomenology’ is now also used to denote an empirical form of qualitative research (PQR), especially in health, psychology and education. However, the methods adopted by researchers in these disciplines have never been subject to detailed critical analysis; nor have the methods advocated by methodological writers who are regularly cited in the research literature.
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