‘The enigma of subjectivity’:How might phenomenology help action researchers negotiate the relationship between ‘self’, ‘other’ and ‘truth’?

Action Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 108-126

  Ladkin, Donna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

action research methods; bracketing; Continental philosophy; epistemology; objectivity for subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247666999     PISSN: 14767503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476750305049968     Document Type: Article

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