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Chapter 2 - 20

Philosophical foundations

  • metatheory - theory about theory =
  • Ontology = nature of world and reality
  • EpiStemology - nature of Knowledge
  • Axiology - nature of role of values
Conceptualizing Theory

  • A theory is necessarily an abstraction of the social world, they are the 'nets with which we can catch the world' or the ways in which we make sense of social life.

  • Theory of Observation - Deductive approach of theory building

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