Mixed methods research (MMR) has been described as the third research paradigm that combines qualitative and quantitative research methods. The mixing of research methods requires an epistemological framework that embraces the " reality " uncovered by different research methods. Three formal ontological categories are introduced for deconstructing the polarized view of reality in objectivism an...

Over the last 20 years, a number of central figures in moral philosophy have defended some version of moral rationalism, the idea that morality is based on reason or rationality (e.g., Gewirth 1978, Darwall 1983, Nagel 1970, 1986, Korsgaard 1986, Singer 1995; Smith 1994, 1997). According to rationalism, morality is based on reason or rationality rather than the emotions or cultural idiosyncrasi...

The themes of Lang Leav's poems are mostly about love, loss and loneliness. Her poetry is very well received by many also said to promote a toxic view love. This paper aims examine the love which we argue contain elements dark Dark divided into 'love as sad notion' hopeless infatuation'. A textual analysis done on selected using Frank Sibley's aesthetic theory objectivism (1959). reveals that '...

Objectivism, the philosophy of Ayn Rand, subordinates legal concepts to radical capitalism as a political ideal. Such concepts, however, play an important role in her thought. Scrutiny those writings where Rand deals with these shows middle ground between Natural Law, Positivist and Legal Realist perspectives. According objectivity becomes essential feature Law stricter sense. In this respect, ...

How do lay individuals think about the objectivity of their ethical beliefs? Do they regard them as factual and objective, or as more subjective and opinion-based, and what might predict such differences? In three experiments, we set out a methodology for assessing the perceived objectivity of ethical beliefs, and use it to document several novel findings. Experiment 1 showed that individuals t...

The paper will focus on Bruno de Finetti’s position, which combines Bayesianism with a strictly subjective interpretation of probability. For de Finetti, probability is always subjective and expresses the degree of belief of the evaluating subject. His perspective does not accommodate a notion of “objective chance” in the way other subjectivists, including Frank Ramsey, do. To de Finetti’s eyes...

While ethics research has gained prominence among the IS community, few have argued explicitly for an objective standard in ethical decision-making. This oversight has left many researchers using subjective standards or an amalgamation of ethic perspectives when analyzing decision-making in organizations. In this paper, we argue that an objective standard is critical to ethical research and tha...

In this paper I address myself to two issues concerning Polanyi’s epistemology. The first is that notwithstanding his critique of objectivism and his post-critical perspective, Polanyi remains firmly rooted in the tradition of the Enlightenment. To put this somewhat differently, I think that although he may be regarded as an early postmodernist, he may be seen also as someone who tried to do a ...