The first to focus solely upon qualitative research in tourism this book combines discussions of the philosophies underpinning qualitative research with reflexive chapters demonstrating how these techniques can be used. The first to focus solely upon qualitative r... Lees meer.

This volume will be vital to academics and students not just of epistemology and trust but also of moral psychology political philosophy the philosophy of science and feminist philosophy and to anyone else wanting to understand our vital yet vulnerable-making cap... Lees meer.

This book provides a framework for phenomenological axiology. It offers a novel account of the existence and nature of values as they appear in conscious experience. By building on previous approaches including those of Edmund Husserl Max Scheler and Nicolai Hartmann... Lees meer.

This book explores different perspectives on the role influence and importance of participants in education research. Drawing on a variety of philosophical theoretical and methodological approaches the book examines how researchers relate to and with their participan... Lees meer.

Discusses the effect of globalization on intercultural communication and critical thinking and analyses Eastern and Western societies from an epistemological standpoint. The book highlights a range of topics including uncertainty avoidance Confucianism and cultural h... Lees meer.

Kierkegaard s Concepts is a comprehensive multi-volume survey of the key concepts and categories that inform Kierkegaard s writings. Each article is a substantial original piece of scholarship which discusses the etymology and lexical meaning of the relevant Danish t... Lees meer.

Vulnerability has become part of our everyday vocabulary. We are used to hearing that we ought to act so as to protect the highly vulnerable the qualifier suggests that we are all vulnerable. In addition to being of contemporary relevance the notion of vulnerability... Lees meer.

This edited volume lays the groundwork for Social Data Science addressing epistemological issues methods technologies software and applications of data science in the social sciences. It presents data science techniques for the collection analysis and use of both o... Lees meer.

Much attention has been paid to Wittgenstein s treatment of solipsism and to Cavell s treatment of skepticism. But comparatively little has been made of the striking connections between the early Wittgenstein s view on the truth of solipsism and Cavell s view on the tru... Lees meer.

What are the unequivocal causes of a scientific revolution. In The Origin of Scientific Revolutions Rinat Nugayev proposes an ideal model that strives to reconcile cognitive and social facets of the advancement of science and to provide analytical tools for studying t... Lees meer.

This book explores the ontologies epistemologies methodologies and methods that inform tourism qualitative research conducted either by Asian scholars or non-Asian scholars focusing on Asia. In addition to providing a platform for researchers to publish their qualita... Lees meer.

This book shows how participatory research can provide tools to overcome the current epistemic and ethical challenges faced by traditional scientific approaches. Ever since Funtowicz and Ravetz proposed the notion of post-normal science there has been a growing awarene... Lees meer.

Offers critical explorations into the key philosophical issues in qualitative research could throw light on distortions power relations hidden assumptions and possibilities within the field and could provide the groundwork for needed change and new directions.... Lees meer.

Over the last four decades John Dewey s pragmatist philosophy has formed an intellectual core in design research underpinning Donald Sch n s theory of reflective practice the experiential perspective in HCI and the democratic commitments of participatory design. Taki... Lees meer.

In a philosophical idiom that attempts to be intelligible to the reader who is not traditionally trained this study outlines various dimensions of traditional Islamic correspondence theories of truth. It particularly argues that purely intelligible abstract concep... Lees meer.