Chapter Ii. Theoretical Framework 1.1 Development of Qualitative Research Historical Background

The history of the investigation has gone through changes as new questions have raised inside the historical conception, until arriving to a progressive development of this. It was in the 16 th and 19 th centuries that the Scientific Revolution took place, which represents a stage of great discoveries. This event guided in a large scale to the vision of the world that is possessed now. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) and Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) are the pioneers of a new method, likewise Rene Descartes (1596-1650) can be mentioned as one of the founders of the modern epistemology that impel the scientific spirit. It was in the 19 th century that Auguste Compte; a French philosopher founded the Positivism and sought to apply the methods of observation and experimentation, in the empirical sciences, to a field that we know now as sociology.