Mingers, John (2002) Real-izing Information Systems: Critical Realism as an Underpinning Philosophy for Information Systems. In: DeGross, J., ed. Information and Organization. 14 (2). pp. 87-103. , Barcelona (doi:10.1016/j.infoandorg.2003.06.001) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:4688)
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Abstract
The paper begins by pointing out the diversity of philosophical positions within IS, and the range of reactions to this diversity. It then discusses problems within the underlying philosophies of science—particularly positivism and interpretivism. With this as a background, the paper proposes critical realism as an underpinning philosophy that has the potential to overcome both sets of difficulties. The theoretical arguments are practically illustrated by critiques of (positivist) statistical analysis and (interpretivist) soft systems methodology.
| Item Type: | Conference or workshop item (Paper) |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1016/j.infoandorg.2003.06.001 |
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T Technology > T Technology (General) Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA 75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
| Divisions: | Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Analytics, Operations and Systems |
| Depositing User: | John Mingers |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Sep 2008 18:48 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 09:42 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/4688 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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Mingers, John.
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