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Follows the logical law of contradiction: It is never the case that A = not A). But, in order to split, one must accept the twin principles of foundationalism and atomism. , with a capital R, distinguishing this ultimate reality from the commonsense reality of everyday objects [see Putnam, 1987]). This conception is Descartes’s foundationalism, describing a final fixed secure base. It constitutes absolute, fixed, unchanging bedrock; a final Archimedean point (Descartes, 1969). Furthermore, this rock bottom is composed of elements—pure forms—(the atoms of atomism) that preserve their identity regardless of context.
Step 3 instructs the investigator that ultimate explanations in science must be found A Focus on Methodology 39 in fixed, unchanging laws, and these must be inductively derived as empirical generalizations from the repeated observation of associative or cause–effect relations found in Step 2. ” Stronger generalizations constitute interpretation-free theoretical propositions. Theoretical propositions joined as logical conjunctions (and connectives) constitute interpretation-free theories. Laws represent the strongest and final inductions.
For example, nested within one particular worldview, a midrange metatheory–methodology conceptualizes the human organism as an active agent or as a dynamic system, whereas nested within another worldview a midrange metatheory conceptualizes the organism as an input– output device. 2 for levels with specific examples). 2. Levels of discourse and examples of alternative Cartesian and relational scientific research programs. 24 r el at Ion a l d e v el opm en ta l S y S t emS t H e ory the Cartesian–Split‑Mechanistic Worldview and Split‑Mechanistic Midrange Metatheories: Methodologies as Scientific paradigm As suggested earlier, until recently the hard core of the worldview as paradigm that constituted the broad abstract framework of many scientific paradigms has been the Cartesian worldview, or, more broadly, the Cartesian– split-mechanistic worldview.