Rethinking critically reflective research practice: Beyond popper's critical rationalism

Journal of Research Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Ulrich, Werner ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical rationalism; Empirical foundationalism; Methodology choice; Primacy of theory; Reflective practice; Science theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349046854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1712851X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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