BACKGROUND Participatory approaches to qualitative research practice constantly change in response to evolving research environments. Researchers are increasingly encouraged to undertake secondary analysis of qualitative data, despite epistemological and ethical challenges. Interpretive focus groups can be described as a more participative method for groups to analyse qualitative data. OBJECT...

Agent-based modeling has proven to be particularly effective for fine-grain social modeling. However, so far, the modeling of social agents has not involved dynamics based on interpretive interaction. Meaning or interpretation plays a significant role in human interactions. These micro effects might create interesting effects on aggregate dynamics. The goal of the Interpretive Agent (IA) projec...

Abstract In this paper it is shown that interpretive canons are either constitutionally invalid because of the principles interpretation establishes, or a theory can be made to inconsistent: where says do p, then new canon say not-p. This called Canon Dilemma. Whichever horn dilemma taken as acceptable (accept invalidity possible inconsistency), shows cause more problems for theorising about th...

with the emergence of the theory of control in linguistics and the introduction of pro as one of the empty categories in government and binding, one can find the investigation of the interpretive properties of pro in the generative agenda. within these studies, especially within the minimalist tradition, some new properties were added to the list while others lost their values. as such, a new p...