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What are the main differences between scientistic and anti-positivist approaches to research? ... ( ) According to the positivist philosophy there should be rejection of metaphysical and theological inquiry in the search for knowledge about the social world,( ) Positivists such as further hold the notion that relationship between individuals and the social world is … further meaning that positivists feel that the approach of the study of social phenomena should be purely objective, that is that only the physical, observable and demonstrable behaviours whose functions are verifiable observable and free from internal bias should measured. ... (add more) these methods ranging from
Furthermore positivists such as () hold the assumption that science should produce scientific law
These positivistic views underpin approaches in psychology such as the behaviourist approach. ... ( ) hold the notion that all knowledge is contained within the boundaries of science. ... ( )
In contrast to the positivist philosophy there are researchers ( ) that argue that positivist methods of research are not the only one way of gaining knowledge about the social world, and further feel that positivist methods of social inquiry create a science that “silences too many voices” ( )
However the anti-positivist approach to research, is a contrast to the scientific approach.
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