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UNINA9910781096903321 |
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Autore |
McFee Graham |
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Titolo |
Ethics, knowledge and truth in sports research : an epistemology of sport / / Graham McFee |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-27616-1 |
1-135-27617-X |
1-282-97520-X |
9786612975202 |
0-203-87268-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (234 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sports - Research - Methodology |
Sports - Research - Moral and ethical aspects |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Related papers/presentations; Part I Overview; 1 A vision of the ethics and epistemology of qualitative research into sport; Part II The nature of qualitative research; 2 Research must answer its question: Research as erotetic; 3 The issue of 'the qualitative' is not helpful; Part III The place of truth; 4 Research must aim at truth; 5 Scientism is a bad model for truth (and natural science); 6 Postmodernism and truth-denial as a kind of scientism; 7 Truth-denial is not just a style of writing; Part IV Ethics for research |
8 Voluntary informed consent - not as good as gold9 Covert research into sport can be ethical; 10 The researcher is not the research subject; Part V Conclusion; 11 In summary; Appendix: Considerations of exceptionlessness in philosophy: or, everything goes with beer; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The study of sport is characterised by its inter-disciplinarity, with researchers drawing on apparently incompatible research traditions and ethical benchmarks in the natural sciences and the social sciences, depending on their area of specialisation. In this groundbreaking study, |
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