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At the heart of music therapy research, as in any field, is a search for knowledge. For centuries, researchers in a remarkable range of disciplines have conducted research and published findings in a vast array of professional journals and books. It therefore seems reasonable to suppose that we ought to know by now how to go about conducting research, and more importantly what it means to have gained knowledge. Yet problems have persisted along the way and have at various times proven quite challenging and even inconvenient for researchers and their claims to knowledge (Kuhn, 2012). Of particular significance are philosophical beliefs regarding what actually constitutes legitimate knowledge and how knowledge can be gained, or in other words beliefs about what can be known and how we can know it (Alvesson & Sköldberg, 2009; Denzin & Lincoln, 2003; Pascale, 2011). These are questions of ontology and epistemology.
ISBN
9781937440886
Publication Date
2016
Publication Source
Music Therapy Research: Third Edition
Publisher
Barcelona Publishers
City
Dallas, TX
Recommended Citation
Hiller, James, "Epistemological Foundations of Objectivist and Interpretivist Research" (2016). Books and Book Chapters by University of Dayton Faculty. 53.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/books/53
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