Phenomenology as Qualitative Research

A Critical Analysis of Meaning Attribution

John Paley (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

198 Seiten

2016
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-65281-1 (ISBN)

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Phenomenology originated as a novel way of doing philosophy early in the twentieth century. In the writings of Husserl and Heidegger, regarded as its founders, it was a non-empirical kind of philosophical enquiry. Although this tradition has continued in a variety of forms, ‘phenomenology’ is now also used to denote an empirical form of qualitative research (PQR), especially in health, psychology and education. However, the methods adopted by researchers in these disciplines have never been subject to detailed critical analysis; nor have the methods advocated by methodological writers who are regularly cited in the research literature.

This book examines these methods closely, offering a detailed analysis of worked-through examples in three influential textbooks by Giorgi, van Manen, and Smith, Flowers and Larkin. Paley argues that the methods described in these texts are radically under-specified, and suggests alternatives to PQR as an approach to qualitative research, particularly the use of interview data in the construction of models designed to explain phenomena rather than merely describe or interpret them. This book also analyses, and aims to develop, the implicit theory of ‘meaning’ found in PQR writings. The author establishes an account of ‘meaning’ as an inference marker, and explores the methodological implications of this view.

This book evaluates the methods used in phenomenology-as-qualitative-research, and formulates a more fully theorised alternative. It will appeal to researchers and students in the areas of health, nursing, psychology, education, public health, sociology, anthropology, political science, philosophy and logic.

John Paley was formerly a senior lecturer at the University of Stirling, and is now a visiting fellow at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. He writes on topics related to philosophy and health care, including research methods, evidence, complexity, spirituality, the post-Francis debate about compassion, and nursing ethics.

1. Introduction: The Undecided

2. Meaning Attribution in Phenomenology

3. Amedeo Giorgi: Jealousy

4. Max van Manen: Being Left or Abandoned

5. The Linguistics of Meaning

6. Smith, Flowers, Larkin: The HIV Interview

7. Meaning, Models and Mechanisms

Erscheinungsdatum	25.05.2016
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Advances in Research Methods
Zusatzinfo	8 Tables, black and white; 8 Line drawings, black and white; 16 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	780 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Pflege ► Studiengänge ► Pflegewissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	1-138-65281-4 / 1138652814
ISBN-13	978-1-138-65281-1 / 9781138652811
Zustand	Neuware