2009-07-01
Q Methodology as a Constructivist Methodology
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Operant Subjectivity , Volume 32 - Issue 1 p. 46- 69
Following a brief discussion of the meanings of constructivism an argument is made to the effect that Q methodology is a constructivist methodology in a sense that is compatible with the philosophy of Alfred North Whitehead. A brief comparison of the ideas of Stephenson and Whitehead is followed by a section outlining Whitehead’s notion of the ‘actual occasion’ as the core of a constructivist approach to nature. It is argued that a comparable conception of the event is at play in Stephenson’s thinking about Q methodology, and that this is key to understanding the quantum theoretical aspects of Q. Some of the procedures of Q methodology are then interpreted in the light of this conception. The conclusion uses the distinction between experience and expression to integregate the ideas of Stephenson, Whitehead and William James into a novel synthesis of potential use to Q methodologists.
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Paul Stenner. (2009). Q Methodology as a Constructivist Methodology. Operant Subjectivity, 32(1), 46–69. doi:10.15133/j.os.2008.001
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