ABSTRACT
Beginning in the twentieth century, philosophers and researchers began to speak out, taking a critical view of positivistic approaches to research, which, they argued and continue to argue, were and are not serving knowledge well. The underlying assertion was that positivist approaches that sought to discover ‘truth’ had missed the mark, largely due to the nonexistence of a universal ‘Truth’ that could be objectively, and with certainty, known. These arguments gathered steam, and many scholars began to consider questions about the purpose of research, ways to accomplish research, sources of data, and so forth.
