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    1. “A Certain Amount of ‘Recantation’”: On the Origins of Frank H. Knight's Antipositivism 2016

      Fiorito, Luca

      History Of Political Economy, Vol. 48, Issue 1, pp. 1 - 34.

      The aim of this article is to investigate in some detail the origins of Frank H. Knight's antipositivism and to assess the main influences that brought him to a change in methodological perspective... Read more

      The aim of this article is to investigate in some detail the origins of Frank H. Knight's antipositivism and to assess the main influences that brought him to a change in methodological perspective after 1921. As importantly, the article also attempts to increase our general understanding of the methodological debates taking place during the early decades of the last century and to shed new light on the inherently pluralistic character of US interwar economics. The first section outlines Knight's methodological views as presented in his early works; the second section discusses Knight's “recantation” and his attack on behavioristic social science; the third section analyzes Knight's discussion of the nature and limitations of scientific economics; the fourth section offers a brief digression on Knight's relationship with American institutionalism; the fifth section deals with the later developments of Knight's antipositivism; the final section presents some conclusions. Read less

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    2. Tensions and Paradoxes in Electronic Patient Record Research: A Systematic Literature Review... 2009

      GREENHALGH, TRISHA; POTTS, HENRY W.W.; WONG, GEOFF; BARK, PIPPA...

      The Milbank Quarterly, Vol. 87, Issue 4, pp. 729 - 788.

      Context: The extensive research literature on electronic patient records (EPRs) presents challenges to systematic reviewers because it covers multiple research traditions with different underlying ... Read more

      Context: The extensive research literature on electronic patient records (EPRs) presents challenges to systematic reviewers because it covers multiple research traditions with different underlying philosophical assumptions and methodological approaches. Methods: Using the meta-narrative method and searching beyond the Medline-indexed literature, this review used "conflicting" findings to address higher-order questions about how researchers had differently conceptualized and studied the EPR and its implementation. Findings: Twenty-four previous systematic reviews and ninety-four further primary studies were considered. Key tensions in the literature centered on (1) the EPR ("container" or "itinerary"); (2) the EPR user ("information-processer" or "member of socio-technical network"); (3) organizational context ("the setting within which the EPR is implemented" or "the EPR-in-use"); (4) clinical work ("decision making" or "situated practice"); (5) the process of change ("the logic of determinism" or "the logic of opposition"); (6) implementation success ("objectively defined" or "socially negotiated"); and (7) complexity and scale ("the bigger the better" or "small is beautiful"). Conclusions: The findings suggest that EPR use will always require human input to recontextualize knowledge; that even though secondary work (audit, research, billing) may be made more efficient by the EPR, primary clinical work may be made less efficient; that paper may offer a unique degree of ecological flexibility; and that smaller EPR systems may sometimes be more efficient and effective than larger ones. We suggest an agenda for further research. Read less

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    3. Florian Znaniecki’s cultural psychology project 2020

      Chojniak, Arleta A

      Culture & Psychology, Vol. 26, Issue 3, pp. 590 - 604.

      The aim of this paper is to present the project of cultural psychology formulated by Florian Znaniecki, a Polish philosopher, sociologist and pioneer of social psychology. His view of cultural psyc... Read more

      The aim of this paper is to present the project of cultural psychology formulated by Florian Znaniecki, a Polish philosopher, sociologist and pioneer of social psychology. His view of cultural psychology was connected with the concept of social psychology and was founded on the assumption of culturalism and the theory of cultural actions. Znaniecki’s cultural psychology represents the antipositivistic turning in the social sciences and the humanities and is opposite to the naturalistically oriented psychology. His proposition is also an attempt to go beyond the individualistic or antiindividualistic perspective in the cultural psychology. Read less

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