Exploring the philosophical underpinnings of research: Relating ontology and epistemology to the methodology and methods of the scientific, interpretive, and critical research paradigms

English Language Teaching

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 9-16

  Scotland, James ^a  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Critical paradigm; Epistemology; Interpretive paradigm; Ontology; Positivism; Scientific paradigm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864827248     PISSN: 19164742     EISSN: 19164750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/elt.v5n9p9     Document Type: Article

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