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Is epistemology necessary? And if so, how?
[Faut-il faire de l’épistémologie ? Et si oui, comment ?]

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  • Hervé Dumez

    (i3-CRG - Centre de recherche en gestion i3 - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - I3 - Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

As part of a book on management theses, Hervé Dumez was interviewed by Albane Grandazzi and Juliette Senne on the issue of epistemological positioning. The interview revisits the notions of positivism, constructivism and interpretativism, but also and above all the epistemological risks specific to qualitative research (which should be described as comprehensive): circularity, abstract actors and failure to take equifinality into account. The main message is that epistemological questions must be and are concrete questions (Latour: "the work of abstraction is a concrete profession").

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  • Hervé Dumez, 2023. "Is epistemology necessary? And if so, how? [Faut-il faire de l’épistémologie ? Et si oui, comment ?]," Post-Print hal-04349323, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04349323
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