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Abduction: The Logic of Discovery of Grounded Theory
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This essay is a contribution to the question whether grounded theory methodology (in the variant of STRAUSS & CORBIN) contains an abductive research logic as developed in the work of Charles Sanders PEIRCE. After going through the works of STRAUSS and CORBIN I answer the question with a resounding yes. But it does not only contain the logic of abductive reasoning but also that of qualitative induction. URN: urn:nbn:de:0114-fqs1001135
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“The importance of Pragmatism for GTM was noticed by some of its adherents, particularly those in the German-speaking world such as Hans JOAS (1987), Jo REICHERTZ (2007), Udo KELLE (2007) and Jörg STRÜBING (2007).”
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“REICHERTZ (2007) argues that the term abduction combines the rational and the imaginative aspects of research, and this is precisely what theoretical sensitivity is meant to encompass.”
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“REICHERTZ (2007) makes the point even more forcefully in discussing the necessity for understanding theoretical sensitivity as a form of abduction, since the result is to bring together the logic of discovery with the logic of justification within the context of methodological considerations.”
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- Authors
- Reichertz, J.
- Affiliations
- Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities Essen (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Reichertz, Jo
- ORCID
- Reichertz, Jo
- Venue
- The SAGE Handbook of Grounded Theory
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 214-228
- OpenAlex
- W2176822717
- Cited by
- 356
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- FWCI
- 13.23
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- SAGE Publications Ltd eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Qualitative Research Methods and Applications
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Business Strategies and Management Research
- Keywords
- grounded theory, abduction, Charles Sanders Peirce, Strauss and Corbin, research logic, qualitative research methodology
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