Epistemology and metaphysics for qualitative research Part I: Qualitative Inquiry and Philosophy Introduction: Situating Metaphysics and Epistemology in Qualitative Research Part II: Key Epistemological and Metaphysical Problems In Search of Truths: Epiricism Versus Rationalism Scepticism Idea ism and Idealism German Idealism Phenomenology and Hermeneutics Realism its Varieties and Contenders Part III: Intangible Realities Social Ontology Quantum Reality: Contemporary Views of the Things in Themselves Part IV: Philosophy in Qulitative Research Conclusions: On Academic Creativity and Philosophical and Methodological Freedom