Positivism and Antipositivism
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Positivism holds that society is studied by observing measurable facts; antipositivism holds that social life must also be interpreted from the inside.
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One researcher counts hospital readmissions; another asks discharged patients what going home meant.
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The two are complementary methods, not a settled dispute with a winner.
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