Methodological and Epistemic Framework: From Positivism to Post-positivism

Frane Adam ()
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Frane Adam: Institute for Developmental and Strategic Analyses (IRSA)

Chapter Chapter 2 in Measuring National Innovation Performance, 2014, pp 5-7 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract When we talk about positivism, empiricism, post-positivism or the antipositivist (interpretive) approach, we mean the epistemological and methodological frame of reference that defines the attitude and relation of the researcher to the production of data and the selection of research tools and methods.

Keywords: Economic Sociology; Vienna Circle; Positivist Frame; Methodological Pluralism; Philosophical Positivism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-39464-5_2

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