dc.contributor.author |
Myers, Michael |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2019-03-18T23:07:19Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2018-11-01 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
1532-0936 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/46081 |
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dc.description.abstract |
This article is a critique of Horst Treiblmaier's article that was published in the May issue of this journal, in which he discussed the relevance of Paul Feyerabend's philosophy for the field of information systems. Treiblmaier proposed epistemological anarchism, methodological anarchism, and "anything goes" as a guiding principle for IS. I disagree with these three propositions. In fact, I believe that Treiblmaier has misinterpreted Feyerabend's position and suggest that Feyerabend's philosophy needs to be understood within the context of the philosophical debate about the nature of science that was taking place at the time. Of course, no one scientific method should be imposed on all scientists, and I agree that we need epistemological and methodological diversity, but this is not the same as anarchy. Instead of anarchy, I support a "disciplined methodological pluralism" in our field. |
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dc.language |
English |
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dc.publisher |
Association for Computing Machinery |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Data Base for Advances in Information Systems |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.subject |
Science & Technology |
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dc.subject |
Technology |
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dc.subject |
Computer Science, Information Systems |
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dc.subject |
Information Science & Library Science |
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dc.subject |
Computer Science |
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dc.subject |
INFORMATION-SYSTEMS RESEARCH |
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dc.subject |
PRINCIPLES |
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dc.subject |
SET |
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dc.title |
The Philosopher's Corner: The Value of Philosophical Debate: Paul Feyerabend and his Relevance for IS Research |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1145/3290768.3290771 |
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pubs.issue |
4 |
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pubs.begin-page |
11 |
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pubs.volume |
49 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The author |
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pubs.end-page |
14 |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
757251 |
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pubs.org-id |
Business and Economics |
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pubs.org-id |
Info Systems & Operations Mgmt |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2019-08-12 |
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