1st Edition
Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research Dialogues between Researchers and Philosophers
Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research provides a comprehensive examination of the philosophical foundations of mixed methods research.
It offers new defences of the seven main approaches to mixed methods (the pragmatist approach, the transformative approach, the indigenous approach, the dialectical approach, the dialectical pluralist approach, the performative approach, and the realist approach) written by leading mixed methods researchers. Each approach is accompanied by critical reflections chapter from philosophers’ point of view. The book shows the value of the use of mixed methods from a philosophical point of view and offers a systematic and critical examination of these positions and approaches from a philosophical point of view. The volume also offers a platform to promote a dialogue between mixed methods researchers and philosophers of science and provides foundations for further research and teaching of this hotly debated topic.
This volume is ideal for researchers and advanced students, and anyone who is interested in research methods and the social sciences more generally.
1. Assessing Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research
Yafeng Shan
Part I. Thus Spoke Researchers
2. A Pragmatist Approach to Mixed Methods Research
Martina Y. Feilzer
3. The Philosophical Foundations of a Transformative Approach to Mixed Methods
Donna Mertens
4. Philosophical Underpinnings of Mixed Methods: Decolonizing Evaluation Practice through Decolonising Paradigms
Bagele Chilisa
5. The Dialectic Stance: Navigating Difference
Jori N. Hall
6. Dialectical Pluralism and Integration in Mixed Methods Research
R. Burke Johnson
7. A Performative Approach to Mixed Methods Research
Judith Schoonenboom
8. A Realist Approach for Mixed Methods Research
Joseph A. Maxwell
Part II. Thus Spoke Philosophers
9. Mixed Methods Research and Deweyan Pragmatism Reconsidered
Gert Biesta
10. Mixed Methods Research and Critical Realism Reconsidered
Rosa W. Runhardt
11. Mixed Methods and Causal Ontology
Christopher Clarke
12. Evidential Partnerships and Multi-method Research in Political Science: Methodological, Evidential, and Causal Pluralisms
Sharon Crasnow
Biography
Yafeng Shan is Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong. His books include Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences (Routledge, 2023).
