Is epistemology necessary? And if so, how?

Faut-il faire de l’épistémologie ? Et si oui, comment ?

Hervé Dumez ()
Additional contact information
Hervé Dumez: CRG I3 - Centre de recherche en gestion I3 - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Post-Print from HAL

Abstract: As part of a book on management theses, Hervé Dumez was interviewed by Albane Grandazzi and Juliette Senne on the issue of epistemological positioning. The interview revisits the notions of positivism, constructivism and interpretativism, but also and above all the epistemological risks specific to qualitative research (which should be described as comprehensive): circularity, abstract actors and failure to take equifinality into account. The main message is that epistemological questions must be and are concrete questions (Latour: "the work of abstraction is a concrete profession").

Keywords: epistemology; concepts; positivism; constructivism; circularity; equifinality; abstract actors.; épistémologie; positivisme; constructivisme; circularité; équifinalité; acteurs abstraits. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-03-16
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Published in Hugo Gaillard, Julien Cloarec, Juliette Senn, Albanne Grandazzi. L’expérience de la thèse en management, EMS Editions, pp.143-153, 2023, 978-2-37687-488-1

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04349323

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Post-Print from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CCSD ().