Paper given at ECER 2001, Lille 5-8 of September 2001

The post-positivism is presented with question mark and undefined borders because that term is used in so many different meanings. On the one hand some authors use this term as a common label for all philosophical thought and research that is not positivistic (or is qualitative), on the other hand authors like Guba and Lincoln (1994) describe ... ................
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