Resisting the drive to theorise: A phenomenological perspective on social science research

• Autores: Emma Williams
• Localización: Magis: Revista Internacional de Investigación en Educación, ISSN-e 2027-1182, Vol. 11, Nº. 22, 2018, págs. 43-56
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.11144/Javeriana.m11-22.rdtp
• Títulos paralelos:
  • Resistiendo el impulso de teorizar: Una perspectiva fenomenológica en una investigación de ciencias sociales
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  • español

    Este artículo explora los usos predominantes de la teoría en la investigación en ciencias sociales en relación con el enfoque de la filosofía fenomenológica. Este artículo explora los pensadores claves de la tradición filosófica de la fenomenología para argumentar que esta tradición puede plantear retos para las concepciones predominantes de la investigación y la teorización en las ciencias sociales y para cierta(o)s idea(le)s filosóficos que pueden conectarse a ellas. Se delinea la naturaleza distintiva de la descripción fenomenológica y se esbozan nuevas posibilidades para la investigación cualitativa.

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    This article explores predominant uses of theory in social science research in relation to the approach of phenomenological philosophy. While phenomenology is sometimes interpreted as one theoretical or methodological paradigm amongst others in the field of qualitative research, this article explores key thinkers within the philosophical tradition of phenomenology to argue that this tradition can raise challenges for predominant conceptions of research and theorizing in the social sciences and certain philosophical idea(l)s that can be connected to them. The distinctive nature of phenomenological description is outlined, and new possibilities for qualitative research are sketched. 

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