What Kind of Pragmatism in Information Systems Research?
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This paper investigates what pragmatism can mean to information systems research. It makes a division into three types of pragmatism: Functional, referential and methodological pragmatism. These three kinds of pragmatisms are explained through their different knowledge – action relations. Functional pragmatism is described as “knowledge for action”. Referential pragmatism is described as “knowledge about action”. Methodological pragmatism is described as “knowledge through action”. The paper identifies briefly how different trends in information systems research are related to these three kinds of pragmatism; as e.g. method development, design research, use of action theories, action research.
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