Positivism & Post-Positivism - 1 views
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Positivism & Post-Positivism
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E Jackson on 23 Dec 10This has been a useful short article for me - research philosophy is something that I "struggle" to get to grips with. Decided to spend Xmas trying(!) to understand it all...
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The purpose of science is simply to stick to what we can observe and measure. Knowledge of anything beyond that, a positivist would hold, is impossible.
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We use deductive reasoning to postulate theories that we can test.
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