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Deny all knowledge? examining the epistemological assumptions of anti-foundationalist information systems design methodologies
pp. 181-196
Abstract
This paper identifies the interest of information systems theoreticians and practitioners in research and methodological design as a conceptual analytic enterprise that transcends the assumption that its principles are founded upon scientifically derived formalisms. The antifoundationalist model of information system research and methodological design is one in which questions of validity can neither be posed nor answered in reference to a scientific, extracontextual reality but are intelligible and debatable only within the precincts of the contexts or situations in which they are derived. This paper debates whether anti-foundationalism in information system design as a model of epistemology provides practitioners and researchers with directions for achieving the epistemological state it describes and whether, if practitioners and researchers are able to learn and adhere to the principles of anti-foundationalism, this will provide an improved methodology for information system project development.
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Wood Harper Trevor, Jayaratna Nimal, Wood Bob (1999) Methodologies for developing and managing emerging technology based information systems: information systems methodologies 1998, sixth international conference on information systems methodologies. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 181-196
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-3629-3_16
Full citation:
Wilson Francis, Howcroft Debra (1999) „Deny all knowledge? examining the epistemological assumptions of anti-foundationalist information systems design methodologies“, In: T. Wood Harper, N. Jayaratna & B. Wood (eds.), Methodologies for developing and managing emerging technology based information systems, Dordrecht, Springer, 181–196.