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Conjectures and Refutations

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Competing paradigms in qualitative research.

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Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes

Imre Lakatos
TL;DR: For centuries knowledge meant proven knowledge, proven either by the power of the intellect or by the evidence of the senses as discussed by the authors. But the notion of proven knowledge was questioned by the sceptics more than two thousand years ago; but they were browbeaten into confusion by the glory of Newtonian physics.
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The nature of theory in information systems

TL;DR: The essay addresses issues of causality, explanation, prediction, and generalization that underlie an understanding of theory, and suggests that the type of theory under development can influence the choice of an epistemological approach.
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The Development of Epistemological Theories: Beliefs About Knowledge and Knowing and Their Relation to Learning

TL;DR: There have been a number of research programs that have investigated students' thinking and beliefs about the nature of knowledge and knowing, including definitions of knowledge, how knowledge is constructed, and how knowledge evaluation is evaluated.
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What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for

TL;DR: In this article, the case study method is defined as an intensive study of a single unit with an aim to generalize across a larger set of units, and it is argued that case studies rely on the same sort of covariational evidence utilized in non-case study research.