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TEXTBOOK USED:
Fouché, C. B., Strydom, H., & Roestenburg, W. J. H. (2021). Research at grass roots: For the social sciences and
human service professions (5th Edition).
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Question 1
It's a regular Wednesday afternoon, and the research students have congregated in their preferred study place, a
cozy corner of the university library. They've been working on their different projects for quite some time and
are feeling a little stuck. They decide to take a break and assist each other by asking research-related questions.
The first student, John, starts things off. "Hey guys, I've been struggling with some concepts. What is your
understanding of Philosophy”?
Which one of the following statements about philosophy is correct?
Answer = Thabo: Philosophy means “the love of wisdom” is the study of how knowledge, reality and our
existence as human. Beings evoke questions about who we are, what we know and how we experience the world
around us
EXTRA NOTES FROM THE TEXTBOOK:
Philosophy (from the Greek philosophia, meaning the love of wisdom”) is the study of how knowledge. Reality
and our existence as human beings evoke questions about who we are. What we know and how we experience
the world around us (Fouché et al., 2021).
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Question 2
Morgan also feels confused about the term paradigm. “Hey guys, what do you understand about the term
paradigm. Does it relate to tools and techniques for doing research?
Which response is the most correct one?
Answer = Lerato: No, a paradigm denotes a certain way of doing something; an example or pattern that
establishes a "disciplinary matrix*
EXTRA NOTES FROM THE TEXTBOOK:
paradigm — especially in sociology. philosophy and the sciences — denotes a certain way of doing something:
an example or pattern that establishes a “disciplinary matrix [or] the practices that define a scientific discipline
at a certain point in time” (Fouché et al., 2021).
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