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Epistemology primarily focuses on the nature, acquisition, and justification of knowledge. It explores the different types of knowledge and the methods used to acquire knowledge. Methodology, on the other hand, focuses on the systematic study of research methods and techniques.
Dec 20, 2016 · Methodology ‘refers to the rationale and the philosophical assumptions that underlie any natural, social or human science study, whether articulated or not. Simply put, methodology refers to how each of logic, reality, values and what counts as knowledge inform research’ (McGregor and Murname, 2010: 2).
- Steve Campbell
- 2016
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Kylma, J., & Vehvilainen-Julkunen, J. (1997). Hope in nursing research: A meta-analysis of the ontological and epistemological foundations of research on hope. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 25 (2), 364-371.
- Marilyn M. Rawnsley
- 1998
In nursing, our epistemology includes our epistemological views or isms and our patterns of knowing. Epistemological Views, also referred to as isms or philosophies of science , relate to how problems of a study are conceptualized while supporting the underlying methods of research and the development of theory (Reed, 2018).
Dec 21, 2020 · Nursing as an Epistemic Practice. Nursing is an epistemic practice, the “kind of practice that obtains when we confront nonroutine problems” and where practice is “differentiated” from practice as a skill or habitual task that performance suggests ( Knorr Cetina, 2001, p. 175).
- Pamela G. Reed
- 2021
The vistas of scholarly discourse in nursing are open to philosophical as well as scientific exploration. Careful attention to intersubjectivity in the use of language shared with other fields will continue to be a mark of nursing's rightful presence in an intellectual community committed to the pur …
Nov 20, 2012 · They compare each paradigm in relation to its ontology, epistemology and methodology, and present three examples of PhD nursing research studies to illustrate how research can be conducted using these paradigms in the context of the research aims and methods.
