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Subtitle: Ontologins metodologiska relevans inom positivism, relativism och kritisk realism
By: Daniel Seldén
Contributors: Göteborgs universitet
Series: Göteborg studies in sociology -- 24; Göteborg studies in sociology -- no 24.
Publisher: Göteborg University, Dept. of Sociology
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Göteborg
Language: swe; eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9789197540407
Subjects: Anorexia nervosa; Critical realism; Sociology of Knowledge; Ontology; Methodology
Other titles: Concerning being, ontology and its methodological relevance within positivism, relativism and critical realism
Description: The main purpose of this thesis is to argue for the methodological relevance of a critical realist, stratified ontology for the process of scientific knowledge production. The case of anorexia nervosa is chosen to illustrate the argument. The articulated question is as follows: What is the comparative advantage and relevance of a critical realist ontology compared to alternative ontologies, in particular those, which inform positivist and relativist methodologies?
Notes: Added title in English: Concerning being, ontology and its methodological relevance within positivism, relativism and critical realism.

Thesis (doctoral)--Göteborg University, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-337).

In Swedish; abstract and summary in English.