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ERIC Number: EJ517495
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0748-9633
The Specter of Metaphysics in Counseling Research and Practice: The Qualitative Challenge.
Hanna, Fred J.; Shank, Gary
Journal of Counseling & Development, v74 n1 p53-59 Sep-Oct 1995
Asserts that qualitative research will gain acceptance when it takes a significant step toward solving a major problem in the discipline. Provides a tentative outline of an approach to metaphysical problems involving radical empiricism and phenomenolgy. Delineates some necessary cognitive shifts involving dialectical and abductive reasoning processes. (JPS)
Descriptors: Experience, Higher Education, Logic, Phenomenology, Philosophy, Psychology, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology, Sciences
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Abductive Reasoning; Dialectic Reasoning; Metaphysics; Radical Empiricism