Narrative Knowing and the Human Sciences(English, Paperback, Polkinghorne Donald E.)

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Narrative Knowing and the Human Sciences(English, Paperback, Polkinghorne Donald E.) is written by Polkinghorne Donald E. and published by State University of New York Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0887066232 (ISBN 10) and 9780887066238 (ISBN 13).

This book expands the concept of the nature of science and provides a practical research alternative for those who work with people and organizations. Using literary criticism, philosophy, and history, as well as recent developments in the cognitive and social sciences, Narrative Knowing and the Human Sciences shows how to use research information organized by the narrative form-such information as clinical life histories, organizational case studies, biographic material, corporate cultural designs, and literary products. The relationship between the narrative format and classical and statistical and experimental designs is clarified and made explicit. Suggestions for doing research are given as well as criteria for judging the accuracy and quality of narrative research results.