the problem of good and bad in philosophy and theology can be discussed from two perspectives, ontological and epistemological. the problem that we're seeking to answer in this paper is that: does the theory of “al-idrakat al-i'tibariyah” (constructive perceptions) has presented a new solution for it?  if yes, which way it has used to deal with the problem (ontological or epistemologi...

every kind of theorization and progress modeling, wether contiousely or uncontiousely, is based on and benefited from the epistemological, cosmological, anthropological, axiological foundations. for the iranian islamic model of progress, however, it is compulsary to recognize and refer to its own speculative understructures and use them intentionaly and exactly to produce the  best possible mod...

The study of the role of power in managing information systems (IS) still offers a major epistemological challenge to researchers in the field. Although significant work has been done, there is yet to emerge a research approach that permits a penetrating study of the phenomenon of power by virtue of adopting a Machiavellian stance. This paper proposes such an approach in the form of an interpre...

Researchers have identified several problems with the Grounded Theory Method, which include fundamental concerns about its ontological foundations and epistemological stance. Many IS researchers consider such issues unproblematic or are unaware of them. This situation is compounded by the fact it is employed selectively as part of positivist, post-positivist or interpretivist research approache...

This article argues that the association between institutionalization and strong epistemological, political, anthropological ontological objectivity leads to institutional fundamentalism in three basic problematic aspects for societal-cultural-institutional current dynamics: first, institution’s centralization monopolization of constitution, legitimation public foment creed, so institution beco...

The article concentrates on epistemological and methodological issues. Theories of the nature of information and its users are metatheories which guide the formation of concrete research programs in information seeking research. The article presents the discourse analytic viewpoint, the "theory of knowledge formations", as an alternative to the cognitive viewpoint, "the information man -theory"...