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1 The theoretical position that proposes that there is practically neither objective reality nor objective truth, that although physical reality exists it is not accessible to human endeavour, and that ultimately reality is created by the people is termed .
2 The paradigm that proposes that reality is a virtual reality, shaped by historical events/conditions and is constructed by the powerful to serve their needs is called .
3 The part of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge is called .
4 The paradigm that proposes that reality is not ‘out there’, but internally experienced; not objective but subjective, that is, based on the definition people attach to it, and as people see it to be, is called .
5 The ‘science of methods’ and the model that entails theoretical principles as well as a framework for social research is called .
6 The epistemology that corresponds to the realist/objectivist ontology, which proposes that there is objective truth and an objective reality, which is ‘out there’ waiting to be discovered, and which exists apart from our awareness, that is, regardless of whether we are aware of its existence is called .
7 The branch of philosophy that studies the nature of reality is termed .
8 The paradigm that defines reality as everything that can be perceived through the senses, being ‘out there’, independent of human consciousness, objective, resting on order, and governed by strict, natural and unchangeable laws, and being realised through experience is called .
9 Phenomena perceived through the senses are known as .
10 The ontology which proposes that reality is objective, ‘out there’, waiting to be discovered is called [/].
11 The ontology which contends that reality is constructed by people, is multiple, diverse, based on conflicts and changing is called .
12 A set of logically interrelated propositions, presented in a systematic way, which describe and explain social phenomena is called a .
13 The notion that research should be free from personal bias and value judgments of the researcher is known as ].
14 The world as produced scientifically by means of interpretative research is referred to as .
15 The reality consisting of natural objects, as perceived through the senses is known as .
16 The theoretically reconstructed materials within a model of a scientific-argumentative construction, including organisation and integration of life world, is referred to as .
17 The characteristic of qualitative research, which is to explain clearly and accurately the research object, is often termed .
18 The research technique/design, which focuses on texts and fixed expressions of human life in texts, with the purpose of understanding the way in which actors understand social life (the Verstehen of Verstehen), is known as .
19 The type of inquiry that studies real-world situations as they unfold, is named .
20 The paradigm that suggests, among other things, that people are active creators of their world and have a consciousness that communicates to them everyday experiences and knowledge is .




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