Philosophies of Qualitative Research

<p>In <em>Philosophies of Qualitative Research</em> Svend Brinkmann explores the different philosophical paradigms and ideas that influence qualitative research today. Adopting a historical perspective the book shows readers exactly how philosophical ideas have evolved and influenced qualitative research in both the past and present.</p><p>Today qualitative researchers tend to report on their philosophical commitments in an altogether separate section of their research papers. However as <em>Philosophies of Qualitative Research</em> asserts the researcher's philosophical ideas influence everything from the conception of the topic to the final reporting of its results. Therefore philosophy should not be thought of as a purely abstract discipline disconnected from the practicalities of research but rather as a concrete and pervasive aspect of all qualitative research practices.</p><p>In this book Brinkmann offers readers an important introduction and discussion of the philosophical issues that are relevant today regardless of the specific methods employed by qualitative researchers in the field.</p>