Ontology and epistemology, positivism and interpretivism

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[@qualitativeresearcher]

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[@qualitativeresearcher]

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Perfect. This lecture made it so much easier for me to understand Positivism Research Philosophy. Keep doing the good work. Thank you once again. 🙏

[@qualitativeresearcher]

Thank you for the positive feedback. I am really glad that I made this easier for you :)

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[@vione19]

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[@qualitativeresearcher]

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[@francischewe3196]

Thank you, very well explained!!!!

[@seddd]

I realized I resonate more with the interpretivism paradigm, great explanation!

[@qualitativeresearcher]

I'm glad ,my explanation helped you, and yes I also feel the same way about interpretivism

[@noorelkindy6102]

do you have a comparison between constructivism and interoperation in ontology, epistemology.. or do you have links that explains the differences ?

[@haythamalex]

Thank you. very precise and informative

[@lovepeace1953]

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[@waseemkhan43]

A great explanation, thank you very much. I have a question after listening to your lecture. Can we assume that positivist approach is quantitative design or method of research and interpretivism is qualitative?

[@qualitativeresearcher]

positivism and interpretivism are indeed often associated with quantitative and qualitative designs , respectively. However, there still may be a qualitative study that leans towards positivism, so this is not to say that this would be completely impossible

[@IreneBisassoHoemNetwork]

Very helpful, thanks for sharing

[@jing5924]

Thank you for the video! Love it

[@qualitativeresearcher]

Thank you!

[@restingup]

Thank you for the video does Anti-Essentialism and interpretivism cancel each other out I am trying to apply Anti-Essentialism theory to my research however, my research Research Epistemological Approach has some positivist/interpretivism footing.

[@qualitativeresearcher]

I'm afraid I don't know Ken, I'm not That smart! :) I have never heard about this one. I suppose it depends on whether it is an overall philosophy or one of the -isms. If it's the former, it is ok to say that your views draw from both Interpretivism and Anti-Essentialism, if that is the case. Remember that, at the end of the day, you are talking about Your worldview. If you convincingly demonstrate what that worldview is, it would be very hard for someone to criticize it or argue that these 2 do not match each other. This is my advice, I wish I could help more !

[@babesafi2546]

very helpful, bless

[@ammarmahmoud2011]

Thanks a lot!

[@nienkevanitrersum7672]

Am I the only one out here who has read and watched basically all videos and webpages on epistemology and ontology out there over a whole bachelor and master degree's time and still doesn't get it? 😅🤔 Now aing't that worth a degree in and of itself...

[@DattainFie]

Thank you

[@elianeneves243]

Great content!! Thanks! And about construtivism?

[@qualitativeresearcher]

Hi Eliane, I will definitely consider recording a video about it, thank you for the idea and the positive feedback

[@elianeneves243]

@@qualitativeresearcher Thanks a lot! I am very curios to watch it!!

[@asmahassouni529]

Very useful. Enlightened me tbh!

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Thank you. Great resource

[@KTLees]

Very helpful content, thank you :)

[@applegreen3086]

Thanks Dr for the explanation, well i have question regarding mixed method approach, May i know what research paradigm is for MM? If positivism is objective, interpretivism is subjective, while MM is the combination of those two approach?

[@qualitativeresearcher]

This is a very good question, and one that has been causing a lot of debate, so there is definitely no way to answer it briefly and quickly, but other worldviews have been suggested to be more suitable here, such as realism or pragmatism. Pragmatism, for example, is a very practical paradigm aimed at doing "whatever works" in a given situation, and it is thought to be a flexible combination of beliefs traditionally characteristic to both interpretivism and positivism. However, as I said, to understand the situation better I would suggest you to do some reading on the current debates (but only if you have to - to me, these debates are mostly a waste of time)

[@applegreen3086]

Qualitative Researcher Many thanks for the replied Dr, I asked my methodology courses lecturer before but i still didn't understand it. I'm aware of "read more", however here is the problem.. the more i read the more i get confused-(Maybe i was not on the right path). That is why i always scrolling a reliable explanation about research methodology on youtube. Keep on sharing this precious knowledge because your videos really help me preparing for my proposal defense soon! Wish me luck! 😊

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[@EdutainmentUniversity]

Fantastic explaination. 👍

[@qualitativeresearcher]

Thank you! I'm glad that you found it clear

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Thank you.

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[@stevenpaschal359]

thank you so much i can now defend my sample size of 16 participants

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Thank you!

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[@ManojJinadasa]

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[@Newnewcado]

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[@tuesdayschild007]

Ontology : Hungry people become irritated quicker than those who have eaten? Epistemology : How researcher goes about finding out why hungry people get irrtated when full people dont?

[@paulmasungo3403]

learn to get straight to the point

[@qualitativeresearcher]

LOL. Is summarizing ontology, epistemology, positivism and intepretivism in 8 minutes not "straight to the point" enough? :)

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@@qualitativeresearcher That was really clear, concise and to the point. Thank you. Greetings!

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Thank you so much sir !