Methodology

Written in the 1960s, TRUTH AND METHOD is Gadamer's magnum opus. Looking behind the self-consciousness of science, he discusses the tense relationship between truth and methodology. In examining the different experiences of truth, he aims to "present the hermeneutic phenomenon in its fullest extent.... More

This book covers the fundamentals of research and research designs. It covers all facets of management areas with statistical tools for analysis.... More

"For anyone interested in grounded theory this is a must have book. No longer will students have to search the library or internet to find authoritative voices on a variety of topics. It's all right there at their fingertips."-Juliet Corbin, San Jose State UniversityGrounded Theory is by far the mos... More

ON EMERSON, like other titles in the Wadsworth Philosopher's Series, offers a concise, yet comprehensive, introduction to this philosopher's most important ideas. Presenting the most important insights of well over a hundred seminal philosophers in both the Eastern and Western traditions, the Wadswo... More

In 1931 Kurt Godel disrupted some of the fundamental assumptions underlying mathematics and logic with the publication of his revolutionary paper, "On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems". Ironically, few mathematicians of the time were able to understand t... More

The role of critique in education receives intense scrutiny in philosophy of education, both in Europe and in North America. This volume, which includes contributions from authors in nine different countries, brings together a range of contrasting European and Anglophone perspectives on this issue m... More

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This book is a comprehensive and practical guide to conceptualise, identity and embark upon social science research. Adopting an accessible and logical approach, the book encourages scholars to appreciate, think about and engage with every aspect of doing research and further conducting a successful... More

This comprehensive text is designed for postgraduate students of Management, Commerce, Economics and Sociology. In addition, the book also be useful to under-graduate students of Management and Commerce. The book presents the concepts of research methodology, types of research, statistical tools for... More

1. Research Methodology: An Introduction2. Defining the Research Problem3. Research Design4. Sampling Design5. Measurement and Scaling Techniques6. Methods of Data Collection7. Processing and Analysis of Data8. Sampling Fundamentals9. Testing of Hypotheses - I (Parametric or Standard Tests of Hypoth... More

Study covers several states and union territories of India.... More

The age of Newton marks one of the great turning points in intellectual history, and Descartes has a key place at its very heart. Designed for students who approach Descartes from the point of view of his philosophy of science, this is the second of a new two-volume edition of the works of Descartes... More

Thought experimentation has been a staple of philosophical methodology since classical antiquity, when Xenophanes of Colophon speculated that if horses had gods, they would be equine in form. Nicholas Rescher's What If? undertakes a systematic survey of the role and utility of thought experiments in... More

Debates over postmodernism, analyses of knowledge and power, and the recurring issue of Heideggers' Nazism have all deepened questions about the relation between philosophy and the social roles of intellectuals. Against such postmodernist rejections of philosophical theory as mounted by Rorty and Ly... More