John Paley was formerly senior lecturer at the University of Stirling, and is currently Honorary Fellow at the University of Worcester. He is the author of two previous books for Routledge: Phenomenology as Qualitative Research: A Critical Analysis of Meaning Attribution and Concept Analysis in Nursing: A New Approach.
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1. Introduction: Terms and Conditions Apply; Part I: The Key Players 2. Lincoln & Guba's Paradigms 3. Wittgenstein's Metaphilosophy 4. Carnap's Metametaphysics; Part II: The Key Concepts 5. 'There Is', 'There Exist' 6. 'Single Reality', 'Multiple Realities' 7. 'Constructed', 'Socially Constructed' 8. 'The Knower' and 'The Known' 9. 'Objective' 10. 'Cause' and Causal Language 11. 'True' and 'Truth' 12. 'Experience'; Epilogue