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Pre-understanding and openness - a relationship without hope?

M Nyström1, K Dahlberg

  • 1Borås University College, School of Health Sciences, Borås, Sweden. maria.nystrom@hb.se

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences
|November 28, 2002
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Researchers can enhance research openness by understanding their pre-understanding. Awareness of presuppositions, crucial in qualitative and quantitative studies, improves data collection, analysis, and conclusions.

Area of Science:

  • Philosophy of Science
  • Epistemology
  • Research Methodology

Background:

  • Presuppositions significantly influence research outcomes, potentially limiting findings to pre-existing beliefs.
  • Understanding the intentional structure of pre-understanding is key to maintaining openness in inquiry.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the intentional structure of pre-understanding.
  • To explore how awareness of presuppositions enhances research openness.
  • To examine the effects of pre-understanding on data collection, analysis, and conclusions.

Main Methods:

  • Comparative analysis of theoretical frameworks from cognitive psychology, social psychology, and psychoanalytic object-relation theory.
  • Integration with Hans-Georg Gadamer's philosophy of understanding.

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  • Examination of the intentional structure of pre-understanding.

    • Main Results:

    • Pre-understanding is an intentional structure of feelings and thoughts activated during interpretation.
    • Awareness of pre-understanding's structure illuminates its impact on the research process.
    • Increased knowledge of pre-understanding's structure correlates with greater research openness.

    Conclusions:

    • Awareness of one's presuppositions is essential for achieving genuine openness in research.
    • Understanding the intentional structure of pre-understanding facilitates more objective data collection and analysis.
    • Philosophical and psychological theories offer complementary insights into human understanding and research conditions.