Key: Underlined references indicate key material. Section numbers are preceded by § and indicate that the entire section is relevant to the entry.
A New Critique of Theoretical Thought 16+ 46+ passim as "NC"
about this book: attitude taken 118+ 251
concepts used in this book §1-2.2
guide for readers §1-5
reason for writing 302
structure of the book §1-5.1+ 313
some tips on reading §1-5.2
absolutization of aspects or things 53+ 94+ 111+ 156+ 214+ 310
absolutization of theoretical thought 27
see also non-neutrality of theoretical thought
abstracted aspects Figure 8.2
abstraction 25+ §6-3.2+ §6-3.3+ 144
higher or lower 25-6+ 133
see also detached observer; detachment of thinking from world
Abuelma'atti, Aisha xxvii+ 263
academic literature: see literature
accuracy Table 10.1
see also truth
acquiescence 118+ 214
see also research philosophies, inappropriate
acronyms 19
action research 10+ 28+ 158+ 215
activity 80
see also functioning
advances in knowledge §7-2
adventures with Dooyeweerd's philosophy §1-1+ Chapter 11+ passim
challenge §13-4+ extending §11-8
aesthetic aspect §9-1.12+ Figure 9.12
of research §10-4.4
affordance 243+ 252
African rather than Western view 93
age Figure 9.5
Agile development 252
agora 138
agreement Table 4.3+ 197
agriculture Figure 8.1
Ahmad, Hawa xxv+ xxvii+ 276+ 277+ 282
Aiyenitaju, Opeoluwa xxv+ xxvii+ 277-83
algebra Table 8.1
Amsterdam Philosophy 116
analogy, inter-aspect §3-2.4.3
analysis: see data analysis
analysis of approaches, example (positivist, interpretivist and socio-critical approaches) §7-3.1
analysis of texts: see text analysis
analyst differences 283
see also relationships between researchers
analytic aspect §9-1.7+ Figure 9.7
of research §10-4.7
animals 66+ 83
antagonism 118
antecipation and retrocipation (inter-aspect) Figure 3.1+ Figure 8.1
antecipations and retrocipations, in complex ideas §11-4.4
anthropology Table 8.1
Anti-Realism 2+ §6-1.1
antilanguage 136+ 152
antinomies 76+ 135
antinomy, Dooyeweerd's method of 91
antisociety 136+ 153
antithetic attitude: see Gegenstand; theoretical attitude
apologetics 158+ Table 7.2+ Table 8.1
application of research findings 10+ 41+ 93+ 232
everyday experience in §2-6.1
diversity and coherence in §3-4
see also research application
applied research 7
approaches, integrating incommensurable §7-3.1
see also crossing research philosophy boundaries; incommensurability, overcoming; relationship between discourses
approaches, philosophical §5-1.2
see also research approaches
appropriateness 203+ 252
Aquinas, Thomas Figure 5.1
Archimedean point 111+ 131
Aristotle 68+ 87+ 134+ Figure 5.1
arithmetic Table 8.1
art 28+ Table 8.1
artificial intelligence 103+ 108+ 193+ 254+ 261
see also expert systems; knowledge based systems
aspect kernels, never fully expressed in words 72
see also aspects are meaning-kernels with constellations
aspect, importance of every 33+ 51+ 56+ 57+ 58-9+ 61+ 70+ 95+ 213+ 221+ 235+ 263+ 282
examples of 152+ 160+ 165+ 241+ 250+ 254+ 259+ 268+ 289
see also irreducibility
Aspect-Oriented Programming 71
aspects (what they are) 71+ passim
fundamental §3-2+ §4-3.2+ Chapter 9+ Tables Table 3.1+ Table 9.1
meaning-kernels with constellations 49+ Figure 4.1+ §9-1+ (see also aspect kernels, never fully expressed)
modes §3-2.2
ocean of meaningfulness §4-3.10+ Figure 4.2
spheres of law 78
spheres of meaningfulness 50+ §4-3.2+ Figure 3.1
aspects as:
coherent §3-2.4
earlier and later 55+ Figure 3.1
inter-dependent 53+ 70
irreducibly diverse §3-2.3
modal §3-2.2
mutually analogous 53+ 231
mutually referential §4-3.1
non-conflicting 52+ 58
normative 56
simultaneous 52+ 58+ 81
see also inter-aspect coherence, analogy, dependency; irreducibility of aspects
aspects, as modes or types of:
being §4-3.3
functioning §4-3.8+ Table 4.1
good and evil (normativity) 56+ §4-3.7+ Table 4.1
knowing §4-3.12+ Table 4.3
law §4-3.8
possibility: see possibility, aspectual
rationality §4-3.6+ §6-3.4+ §7-1.3+ Table 7.2
relating §4-3.8.4+ Table 4.2
aspects, Dooyeweerd's suite of xxiii, 2+ Table 3.1+ Chapter 9+ passim+ and in most tables
comparison with other suites §9-3
critiques of §12-1.13
cross-cultural validity of 181+ 270+ 303
delineating §4-3.13
descriptions of each aspect §9-1
explaining to others 265+ 267+ 267-8
groups of §9-2
no final truth §3-2.1+ §3-2.3+ §4-3.13+ §9-4
trusting 52+ §9-4
see also the individual aspects by name (quantitative, spatial, kinematic, physical, organic-biotic, psychical-sensitive, analytic, formative, lingual, social, economic, aesthetic, juridical, ethical, pistic)
aspects, examples of: passim and in most tables
aspects of research:
abstracted (selected) from world 32+ 143
as core of fields: see core aspect
as focal: see focal aspect
as focus of paradigms §8-2.2
as meaning of research variables Table 3.2
as meaningful issues 277
as of research activity §10-3+ §10-4+ Table 10.1
as overlooked during data collection 60+ (see also overlooked issues/aspects)
as wider meaningfulness §6-3.6+ §7-1.4+ Table 7.2
aspectual analysis 88+ 165+ 169+ 232+ §11-7
of down-to-earth issues §11-7.3.7
of interview excerpts 277
of literature Figure 11.10+ §11-7.3.6
of seminal papers §11-2.2+ §11-7.2
of texts: see text analysis
of the functioning of situations 247
challenges §11-7.2.3+ 283
comparative §11-7.3.4
quantitative and qualitative §11-7.3.3+ 282
simple §11-7.1
aspectual being 73+ 145+ 257-8
aspectual classification 72+ 74+ 96+ 255+ 282-3
Aspectual Engagements Framework 217+ 242+ 243+ 253+ 283
aspectual interpretation (e.g. of excerpts from interviews or texts) 276+ 282
variability §4-3.13+ 269+ 283
aspectual issues 277
aspectual law 78
irreducible 79
responsible response to 78
see also law-side
aspectual map 266
aspectual opening 81+ 91
see also progress
aspectual profile 278-81
aspectual repercussions §4-3.8.1+ Table 4.1+ 94
see also repercussions
aspectually informed statements 268
Asperger's Syndrome 229+ 265
assumptions xxvii+ 9+ 33+ 55+ Table 4.3+ passim
long-held 88+ 311
in research 12+ 98+ 104+ Table 10.1+ 275
of researcher 13+ 268-9+ 275+ passim
of those researched 13+ 157+ 265+ 275
shared or in society 12+ 259+ 290+ 309
see also hidden issues; lifeworld; presuppositions
attitude (self-giving v. self-centred) 61+ 205+ 223-5+ passim
see also competitiveness; ethical aspect; self-giving; vulnerability
attitude and responsibility of researchers 13+ 228+ 235+ passim
for application 10+ 43+ 94
axiological 10
for harmonising rationalities §6-3.4
of multi-aspectual respect 155+ 309
towards other thought xxiv+ 118+ §10-1
towards those researched 31+ 269+ passim
see also respect; responsibilities
attitude of thought 31+ 32+ 132
see also pre-theoretical; theoretical attitude of thought
attitudes in community or society 81+ 225+ 239
attribution-meaning 64+ 66+ 72+ 86+ 87+ 196+ 297
see also meaningfulness and meanings
Augustine Figure 5.1+ 208+ 301
author and reader, roles of 259
autonomy of theoretical thought 27+ 131+ see also non-neutrality of theoretical thought; absolutization
autopoiesis Figure 9.5
axiology 10+ 14+ §4-3.7+ §5-1.1+ 236
founded in meaningfulness §4-3
see also ontology, epistemology, axiology integrated
axiom 13+ 124
see also assumptions
Ayadurai, Charmele xxvii+ 94
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
Basden, Ruth xxvii
beauty 202
Being and Time 67
being as meaningfulness §4-3.3+ 72+ 297
see also aspects as modes; aspectual being
being, types of §4-3.4
multi-aspectual 73
being-in-the-world 28+ 67+ 72
belief(s) §9-1.15+ passim
embodied in theory 4+ 6
and paradigms or worldviews 104+ 157+ 172
quantified 291
religious v. non-religious 208
in research 55+ 132
beliefs of community or society 33+ 35+ 311
see also presupposition; prevailing assumptions
benefits and harm, per aspect §4-3.8.1
see also good and evil
benefiting the world by research 8+ 94+ 117+ 309
see also contributions
Bergson, Henri 38+ 39+ 87+ 90+ 92
Bergvall-Kåreborn, Birgitta 247
Bhaskar, Roy 40+ 126+ 127+ 134
see also Critical Realism
bias in research 8+ 126+ §7-4.2+ 226+ 228
in human respondents 161
of researcher 12+ 28+ 32+ 161+ 273+ 280+ 286+ 307
Biblical beliefs 117
Biblical divinity-belief 112
see also transcendence standpoint
Biblical ground-motive 105+ 138
see also Creation-fall-redemption ground-motive
Biblical notion of love 204
biology Table 8.1
see also field of biology; life sciences
biotic aspect: see organic-biotic aspect
Bishop, Steve xxviii+ 16
blue ocean topics 8
bodies of knowledge §1-2.1+ 136+ 138+ 139+ Figure 8.2+ passim
distorted 8+ 226-7
boundary Figure 9.2
as metaphor 185
see also fields, boundaries between
Bourdieu, Pierre 23+ 37-40+ 158+ Table 7.2
Brandon, Peter xxiii+ xxvii+ 16+ 24+ 241+ 247
Breems, Nick xxvii+ §11-2.4.1+ 242-3+ 252+ 283
Buber, Martin 114+ 206+ Figure 5.1
Buddhism 106
budgets 56+ Figure 9.11
build and test Table 8.1
Bultmann's demythologisation 153-4
Bunge, Mario 103+ 109+ Table 9.1
Burrell & Morgan 99-100+ 104+ 159+ 170
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
calculus Table 8.1
Calvinistic Philosophy 116
CAMELS rating system 36+ 93
care (Heidegger) 67
see also Heidegger; meaningfulness
carelessness 28
categories, by aspect 51+ Table 4.3+ 72+ 96+ 255+ 292
categorisation 192
see also classification
category errors/mistakes 76+ 135
causality 51+ 53+ 78+ 187-8+ 231
cells Figure 9.5
Centre for Philosophy, Technology and Social Systems (CPTS) xxiii+ 170
certainty Table 4.3+ 207
changing world of research §13-2
Chaplin, Jonathan 16+ 131+ 249+ 297
chemistry 1+ 11+ 51+ 54-5+ 57+ 68+ Table 8.1+ 188+ 218
Choi, Yong-Joon 106-7+ 112+ 113+ 129+ 144+ 296-300+ 303
Christ, Jesus v+ xxiv+ 140
Christian beliefs/faith/religion xxiv+ 15+ 112+ 115+ 117+ 311
Christian perspective 115
Christian philosopher, Dooyeweerd as 114
Christian philosophy/thought 106+ §5-4.2+ 117
insights of 115+ §5-4.3
relationship with mainstream xxiv+ §5-4.2+ §5-4.3+ §12-1.12
traditional 115
criticism of Dooyeweerd's view §12-1.12
Christian thinkers xxiv+ 313
Christianity xxiv+ 106-7+ 109+ 116+ 311
see also Christian beliefs, perspective, philosophy
cipation triples 260+ 285
see also antecipation and retrocipation
classification 6+ 72+ 74+ 96+ 255+ 282-3
see also categorisation
climate change 66+ 160+ 226
Clouser, Roy 25+ 31+ 51+ 70+ 74+ 82+ 108+ 112+ 131+ 133+ 208+ 299
cognitive models 240+ Figure 11.1
cognitive sciences Table 8.1
coherence Chapter 3+ 70+ 162
see also harmony; unity; diversity and coherence
coherence of aspects (intertwinement) 134
see also inter-aspect coherence
coherence of meaning(fulness) 35+ §4-3.1+ 218+ 241+ 287+ 304
breaking 133
oceanic §4-3.10
recovering 134+ 150
see also totality of meaning(fulness)
coherence/harmony of research 8
collecting data: see data collection
collections of papers, overviewing §11-2.3
commitment 55+ Table 4.3+ 207+ 239
see also beliefs; pistic aspect
commitment, of researchers 223
see also researcher as human being
common grace 301
common sense 12+ 125
Reid's principles of 38
community of practice/thought 57+ 137-8+ 161+ 163+ 172+ 261
see also research community
community of scientists 172
community planning, research in 245
competition between researchers Table 3.1+ 219+ 224
see also attitude; cooperation
competitiveness 4+ Table 3.2+ 161+ 205+ 225
see also attitude
complex notions §11-4.4
Complexity Theory 47
complexity, analysis of §11-4.4+ §11-7.4+ §11-7.5
complexity, as diversity 47
complexity, coping with 95+ Chapter 11+ especially 242+ 271+ 291
complexity of everyday life 14
see also diversity
complexity, of research Chapter 10
compliance: see acquiescence
compositionality 174
computer science Figure 8.1
computers, nature of §11-3.6.5
concept formation (conceptualising) §8.3+ 192+ §11.4
misunderstood 111
concepts and ideas 9+ 25+ 31+ 63+ 91+ 133-4+ §8-3+ 192+ Figure 9.7
clarifying 96+ §8-3+ §11-4+ 306
difference between 176
diversity and coherence §3-5.2
'simple' and complex §11-4.1+ §11-4.2
multi-aspectual §3-5.3+ §11-4.3
theoretical based on pre-theoretical 33+ 37+ 66+ 126+ 134
concepts used in this book 4-10+ 11-12
conceptual frameworks 6+ 13+ 102+ 305
concepts and ideas in §11-4
examples §11-3.6
experience of using Dooyeweerd in §11-3
and paradigms §11-3
see also foundational frameworks for understanding
conceptual models 5+ 9+ 134+ 254
conceptual tools, philosophy as source of §5-1.4
conflict (social) Figure 9.10+ Table 10.1
conflict between aspects §3-2.4.2
see also aspects as non-conflicting
conflict in philosophy 108-9+ 111+ 118+ §10-1.2
see also relationship between discourses
Confucianism 106
confusion 192
see also complexity
consciousness (Kant) 125
hidden dimensions of 126
consensus Table 10.1
constellation(s) of aspect 71+ §9-1
see also aspect kernels
constructivism: see Anti-Realism
contributing ideas to philosophy §11-4.5
contribution of research findings 4+ 6+ 8+ 24+ 36+ 57+ 132+ 150+ 155+ Figure 8.2+ 249
by aspect 95+ 165+ 274
discussion and judging 136+ 232+ 239+ 287-8
distortion of 227+ 230
respecting 158+ 215
responsibility in 225
see also benefiting the world
contributions of Dooyeweerd to research 101+ 102+ 103+ 139+ 261+ 270+ 287+ 288+ §13-1+ 312+ passim
conversation analysis 175
cooperation Table 3.1
see also competition; social aspect
Copernican Revolution (Kant) 14+ 106+ 125
copyright v. "copyleft" 206
core aspect of field 43+ §6-3.3+ 163+ §8-1.2+ Table 8.1+ Figure 8.1+ Figure 8.2+ 307-8
and reductionism 44
secondary §8-1.3
see also focal aspect
correlative enkapsis 75+ 254
cosmic time 52+ 54+ 92
Cosmonomic Philosophy 116
courage 207+ 223
courageous thinkers 156
cowardice 207
Creation 112
Creation-fall-redemption ground-motive 105+ Figure 5.1+ 158
see also Biblical ground-motive
Creationism, fundamentalist 112
Creator 86
see also Divine; origin of meaning(fulness)
critical attitude to prevailing presuppositions 233
Critical Discourse Analysis 54+ 175
Critical Realism 40+ 80+ 126
see also Bhaskar
Critical Realism and Dooyeweerd:
differences 40+ 126+ 127+ 134
similarities 80+ 126
critical self-reflection 151+ §6-3.5
Critical Systems Thinking 109
Critical Theory 157-8
see also socio-critical approach
critique of findings 35+ 137-8+ 142+ 151+ Figure 8.2
critique of paradigms 136+ §11-3
cross-cultural research 12+ 32+ 95+ 149+ 212+ 308
cross-cultural understanding 38+ 86+ 90+ 181+ 205+ 270+ 275+ 306
cross-cultural validity of Dooyeweerd's aspects 181+ 270+ 303
cross-era (history) research 12+ 149
crossing research philosophy boundaries §5-5
see also incommensurability, overcoming; relationship between discourses
cultural assumptions and worldviews 30+ 258+ 283+ passim
see also beliefs of community and society; ground-motives; presuppositions
cultural attitudes and beliefs of the researcher 28
see also attitude and responsibility of researcher; researcher as human being
cultural differences (author-reader or interviewing) 259+ 270+ 275
cultural knowledge Table 4.3
culture 194+ 232+ 298+ 311+ passim
of research 152+ 224+ 272
of the researched 29-30+ 247+ 279
of the researcher 28+ 29+ 113+ 161+ 283
Western and non-Western 226+ 229+ 298-9
and wider meaningfulness / ground-motives 105+ 169-70
see also cross-cultural research; presuppositions
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
Daffodils (poem) 82
Dasein 67+ 87+ 92
data (research) 9+ 25+ 31+ 35+ §3-5.2+ 96+ 133+ passim
abstraction of 127+ §6-3.3+ 144+ (see also Gegenstand; theoretical thought)
appropriate 58
co-construction of 270
examples Table 3.2+ Table 7.1
fictional accounts as 148
narrow selection of 145+ (see also bias; reductionism)
secondary §7-1.2.3
sources 58+ 125-7+ 134+ §7-1.2.1+ §7-1.2.2
see also concepts; hidden (overlooked) meanings in research content
data analysis 6+ 9+ 32+ 165+ Figure 8.2+ §11-7
new approaches to 305
using Dooyeweerd §11-7
see also aspectual analysis
data collection 9+ 32+ 58+ §7-1.2+ 153+ 165+ 231+ Figure 8.2
role of intuition in 134+ 148
overlooked aspects 60+ (see also overlooked issues)
methods 160+ 218+ §11-5+ §11-6
new approaches to §11-6+ 305
using Dooyeweerd §11-6
using instruments in 134+ 149
see also data analysis; data (research) sources
data mining 258
databases Table 4.3
Davis, Fred: see Technology Acceptance Model
De Certeau, Michel 23+ 38-9+ 40
de Raadt, Donald xxiii+ xxvii+ 247+ 302
de Raadt, Veronica 195+6+ 209+ 248
deadlines 56
deceit 196+ 230
deconstruction 68+ 142+ 194
defensiveness 269
deforestation 66
delight 201
delineating the Aspects §4-3.13
deriving (generating) findings from data 6+ 35+ 96+ 133+ §6-3.4+ 136+ 142+ §7-1.3+ 292
examples of §7-1.3+ §11-7
see also multiple rationalities; new knowledge
Derrida, Jacques 67-8+ 87
Descartes, René 28+ 83+ 106+ 110+ 125+ 187
and Heidegger 117+ 217+ 240-1
design science/research 57+ 102+ 135+ Table 8.1+ 231
destiny of fields 164-5
destitution 200
detached observer 24-5+ §2-2+ 37+ 95+ 127+ 132+ 157+ 288-9+ 308
see also embeddedness; participant observer; relationship between researcher and world; researcher-world relationship
detachment of thinking (research) from world §2-3+ 140+ 157+ 289
see also abstraction; Gegenstand
Dewey, John 6+ 29+ 66+ 134
diagrammatology 256
diagrams §11-4.1
dialectic §7-2.2
dialectical ground-motives §5-2.4+ 111+ 113+ 255+ passim
as groups of aspects 113
problems of 108-10+ 144+ 214+ 254+ 308
see also ground-motives
dialogue: see relationships between
dialogue between Christian and non-Christian thought 302
using Ground-Ideas §7-3
see also LACE
dignity: of fields 165+ Figure 8.2
of researched and researcher 9
see also respect
disabilities in researchers: see Asperger's Syndrome; dyslexia
disciplinary matrix (paradigm) 172+ 251
disciplines: see fields
Disclosive Systems Thinking 247
Discourse Analysis 175+ Table 8.1+ 286-7
inter-discourse §11-2.4
see also text, analysis of; literature
discourse communities 309
discourse, as knowledge Table 4.3
discourses, making sense of §11-2+ 304
discussing research methods §11-5
disloyalty 207
dissection Table 8.1
dissemination 8+ 9+ 43+ Table 3.1+ 56+ 57+ Table 4.3+ 94+ 228
diversity Chapter 3
an initial look at §3-2.1
analysing with aspects 282
of data sources 148
destroyed by reductionism 44+ 47+ 51
of everyday experience (q.v.) 38+ 42+ 45+ 50+ 132
of particulars and universals 47
understood via Ground-Ideas §7-1.2
understood with Dooyeweerd 304
of world 35+ 162
see also complexity; diversity and coherence
diversity and coherence Chapter 3+ 236
critical respect for §4-3.13+ §10-1+ §10-7.6+ §12-1.11+ 304
of meaning(fulness) §4-3.1
misunderstood by immanence-standpoint 35+ 111+ 144+ 150
philosophical views of §3-1
of research activity §3-3
of research application §3-4
in research content (data, issues, findings, theory, fields) §3-5
within concepts §3-5.3
Divine, the §5-3.2
divinity beliefs 112+ 208
documents 88+ §11-4.3
Dooyeweerd, Herman Figure 5.1+ passim
Dooyeweerd Pages, The 16+ 88+ 181
Dooyeweerd's aspects: see aspects
Dooyeweerd's critique of philosophy Chapter 5+ Chapter 6
Dooyeweerd's ground-motive and standpoint 105+ Figure 5.1+ 109-14+ §5-3.3+ 120+ 245+ 304
Dooyeweerd's philosophy §1-4.3+ Chapter 5+ Chapter 11+ passim
axiology §4-3.7+ §4-3.8+ §12-1.6
background Chapter 5
as Christian philosophy §5-4
comparison with others Table 5.2+ Table 5.3
coverage of §13-3
critiques of Chapter 12
development of §5-4
engaging with others 755
epistemology §4-3.12+ §4-3.13+ Chapter 6+ §12-1.11
ontology §3-2.2+ §4-3.3+ §4-3.4+ §4-3.5+ §4-3.8+ §12-1.5
Dooyeweerd's philosophy in research passim
contributions of §13-1
can enrich ideas 214+ 215+ 217+ 305
experience with Chapter 11
for conceptual frameworks §11-3
for data analysis §11-7
for data collection §11-6
for literature/discourse analysis §11-2
role in each research stage Table 11.1
Dooyeweerd's starting points Chapters 2-4+ 101+ 110+ 239+ 272
Dooyeweerd's theories/understanding of:
activity/functioning §4-3.7+ §12-1.7
aspects Chapter 3+ Chapter 4
being §4-3.3+ §4-3.4+ §12-1.5
diversity and coherence Chapter 3+ §12-1.3
everyday experience and pre-theoretical thinking Chapter 2+ §12-1.1
Ground-motives §5-2+ §12-1.9
meaning Chapter 4+ §12-1.4
progress 81+ §7-2+ §12-1.8
reality §4-3
religion 108+ §5-4+ §12-1.12
research as human activity 55-6+ Chapter 10
self/heart §4-3.14
subject and object §4-3.9
theoretical thought §2-3+ Chapters 6-7, §12-1.2+ §12-1.11
time §4-3.14
truth §6-1.3+ §6-4
Dooyeweerd, comparison with other philosophers: see
Critical Realism
Foucault
Habermas
Heidegger
Husserl
Kant
Polanyi
Pragmatism
Dooyeweerd, worth considering seriously Preface+ 15+ 34+ 45+ 62+ 234+ 245+ §13-3+ §13-4
down-to-earth issues 12+ §11-7.3+ 307
see also everyday issues
dualism 52
see also dialectical ground-motives
dysfunction (evil), in each aspect §4-3.8.1+ Table 4.1
dyslexia 229
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
e-government 256
Eastern standpoint (divinity belief) 112+ 299
ecology Table 8.1
economic aspect §9-1.11+ Figure 9.11
of research §10-4.5
economics Table 8.1
Ecosystems Services 248
Ecosystems Valuing Framework 248
editors 8
Eemlandhoeve Farm 42
eidetic intuition 126
Einstein, Albert 34-5+ 39+ 172-3+ 185+ 223
Elan originel (Bergson) 68+ 84+ 87
emancipation 109-10+ 158+ 203+ 215+ 270
embarrassment of interviewee 269
embeddedness (characteristic of everyday experience) 25+ 33+ 36+ 38+ 45+ 132+ 291
see also indwelling; ocean of meaningfulness
emergence 47+ 54
emotion 190+ 285
see also feeling; intuition
Encyclopaedia Britannica Table 9.1
energy 187
engagement: see embeddedness; relationships
engineering, paradigms in, broader view §11-3.7
enkapsis (relationship) 75
enkaptic wholes/beings 75+ 258
entropy 61
environment, biotic 188
environmental movement 156
environmental responsibility / protection xxii+ 53+ Figure 11.6
environmental sustainability or destruction xxii+ 1
epistemology 14+ 16+ 69+ §5-1.1+ Table 5.1+ Chapter 6+ 236+ 262+ 305
Dooyeweerd's 16
founded in meaningfulness §4-3
see also ontology, epistemology, axiology integrated
epoché 126
equality (rights) 205
equality of aspects 55+ 287
Eriksson, Darek (nee Haftor) 26+ 109+ 239+ 246
Erlebnisse 191
essentialism 124
versus social construction 106
see also Realism
ethical approval 226
ethical aspect §9-1.14+ Figure 9.14
of research §10-4.2
ethics 43+ 206+ 224+ 244+ 248+ 253
overlooked or separated from other issues 8+ 157+ 253
see also field of ethics; research ethics
ethnographic processes 269
etic-emic distinction 29+ 31+ 33
eudaemonia 77
see also shalom
everyday "naïve" attitude 12+ passim
everyday experience xxv+ §1-3+ 27+ §2-5+ passim
of application of findings §2-6.1
diversity of 38+ 42+ 45+ 50+ 132
includes results of theory (instruments, tools) 41+ 134+ 149
informed by lifeworld 126
multi-aspectual 48+ 80
misunderstood or ignored by philosophy §2-5.1+ 111+ 127
normativity in 76+ 221
philosophical approaches to §2-5
representation in literature 239+ §11-7.3.6
as starting-point in philosophy §2-5.3
see also everyday life; practice; pre-theoretical; real-life
everyday experience and research Chapter 2+ 56+ 219+ 221
abstraction §6-3.2+ §6-3.3+ 237
differences between §2-1.1
embeddedness of research in 25+ 33+ 36+ 38+ 45+ 132
foundation of research 12+ §3-1.1+ §3-1.2+ §3-6
situates research findings 152
respecting 3+ 12+ §2-5+ 127+ 239+ 301
as source of diversity 48
studying §2-6.3+ 268+ §11-6+ §11-7
of those being studied 12+ 59+ 272+ 275
see also research activity; research and everyday experience; situations
everyday issues 268+ 277
analysing §11-7.3
see also down-to-earth issues; research content
everyday life 112
see also everyday experience
evil 77
see also dysfunction
examples, in this book 19
exemplars (paradigms) 172+ 251
experience of research using Dooyeweerd Chapter 11
experience, as accumulated meanings 86
see also everyday experience; knowledge; lifeworld
expert systems xxii+ 103
see also knowledge based systems
expertise, eliciting detail 233+ §11-6.6
explicit knowledge 88+ Table 4.3
see also tacit knowledge
exploring complex concepts §11-4.2
external variables 59+ Table 3.2
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
fact-side of reality 80+ 87+ 88+ Figure 4.2+ Table 5.3+ 134
see also law-side; subject-side
facts 6+ 123
see also findings; theories; truth
failures 56
faith 48-9+ 105+ 109+ 201+ 207
see also belief(s); pistic; religion
faithfulness of reality 7
fallibility of research findings: see provisional nature of knowledge; truth; non-neutrality of theoretical thought
families 55+6+ 226+ 228
see also researcher as human being
family-friendly PhDs 227+ 229
Faraday, Michael 117
Fathulla, Kamaran xxvii+ 256
fear of ridicule 269
feeling 48+ §9-1.6
Bergson 92
as full understanding 30
distorting understanding 29+ 32
human 191
validity of (in researcher) 2+ 312
see also emotion; intuition
feminine and masculine aspects 89
feminism 88
Feminist Poststructural Discourse Analysis 175+ 287
Feyerabend, Paul 33
fictional accounts as data 148
field studies Table 8.1
fields (of research) 7+ §8-1+ passim
boundaries between 164-5+ Figure 8.2+ 307
centred on core aspects (meaningfulness) 96+ §8-1.2+ Figure 8.1+ Table 8.1
cross-over 165
destiny of 164-5
diversity and coherence of 2+ §3-5.1
gaining overview with Dooyeweerd §11-2+ 304
identity, dignity, destiny and responsibility of §8-1.1+ 164-5+ Figure 8.2
interdisciplinary §8-1.4
relation to each other: see inter-field relationships
secondary aspects of §8-1.3
fields covered in this book §1-2.5
see also field of
field of:
information systems 1-2+ 4+ Table 2.1+ 26+ 59+ 102+ 108+ 145+ 152+ §7-3.1+ 164-9+ Figure 8.1+ 215-7+ §11-3.6+ passim
sustainability 1-2+ 26+ 109+ §10-5+ 241+ §11-3.3
agriculture 42+ Figure 8.1
anthropology 29-30+ 31+ 133+ 145+ Table 8.1
artificial intelligence 58+ 103+ 108+ 138+ 193+ 240+ 254
biology (life sciences) 28+ 57-8+ 68+ Table 8.1+ 176
chemistry 57+ 68+ Figure 8.1+ 188+ 218-9+ 290
cognition 29+ Figure 8.1+ 240-1+ Figure 11.1+ 265
computer procrastination 242+ 283
diagrammatology 256
discourse analysis 175+ Table 8.1+ 286-7
documentation 257-8
e-government 256-7
education 266-8+ 277-9
(electrical) engineering 76+ §11-3.7
ethics 57+ 163
finance and banking 8+ 36-7+ 61+ 93-4
geometry 176
government policy on research 229
healthcare 5+ 168+ 240
healthcare records 277-9+ 281+ Figure 11.10
history 5+ 12+ 37+ 81+ 149+ 168+ 194+ Table 8.1+ 298
information science 257-8
information systems development 24-5+ §10-5+ §11-3.6.1
information systems use 59-60+ Table 3.2+ 239-40+ 273-4
knowledge management 90+ §11-3.5
knowledge representation 103+ 233-5+ 240
Korean culture 106-7+ 113+ 299
linguistics 58+ 87+ 133+ Table 8.1+ 169+ §8-2.3+ 255+ 287
mathematics 32+ 43+ 58+ 61+ 78+ 91+ 109+ 115+ 124-5+ 134+ 141+ 151+ Table 8.1+ 170+ 183+ 209+ 213+ 218+ 239+ 255+ §11-8.3
philosophy passim
physics 33-4+ 57-9+ 68+ 102+ 115+ 133+ 149+ Table 8.1+ 187
politics 80+ Table 8.1+ 172+ 204+ 208+ §11-3.4+ 256+ 296
psychology 28+ 29+ 58-9+ 148+ 151-2+ Table 8.1+ 225+ 226+ 242+ 263
quantum theory 5+ 99+ 177+ 196
sociology 28+ 29+ 43+ 999-100+ 104+ 108-9+ 115+ 128+ 137+ 138+ 159+ Table 8.1+ 172
sociolinguistics 58+ 136+ §07-1.5+ Table 8.1+ §8-2.3
software development §10-5
statistics §11-3.1+ 290
theology 5+ 14+ 109+ 115+ §07-1.5+ Table 8.1+ 169
trust 61+ §11-4.4+ 262+ §11-7.5
final cause 84+ 87
findings (of research) 4+ 6+ 7+ 9+ Figure 8.2+ passim
application of 10+ 56+ (see also application)
critical refinement of 35+ 132+ 137+ 142+ Figure 8.2
distortion by philosophy 101
diversity and coherence in §3-5.4
generality of 32+ 123
generation of: see deriving findings from data
as goals 233
related to existing knowledge 8+ 57
related to everyday experience 152
requirements on §1-2.3+ 123
sharing 57+ 224
worthless 55-6
see also bodies of knowledge; contributions; dissemination
flourishing: see shalom
focal aspects (of a study) 33+ §6-3.3+ 145+ 160+ §8-1.2
abstracted 35+ 133+ 144
chosen pre-theoretically 134
harmony around 58-9
limiting research 39+ 42
see also core aspects of fields
Form-Matter ground-motive 105+ 109+ 116+ Figure 5.1+ 296
see also Greek philosophers
formative aspect §9-1.8+ Figure 9.8
of research §10-4.7
Foucault, Michel:
beyond 5
addressing wider meaningfulness 35
distorts research 101+ 160
and everyday experience 40
power-knowledge pervasive 33+ 87+ 126
power-reductionism 8+ 39+ 128
in research 14
as socio-critical thinker 158
see also power (social)
Foucault and Dooyeweerd:
differences 8+ 39+ 40+ Table 5.3+ 128
similarities 35+ 87+ Table 5.3+ 126+ 127
foundational frameworks for understanding 13+ 102-3+ 215+ 217+ §11-3+ 277
aspects as 270
examples 109+ §10-1.3+ §11-3
for information systems §11-3.6
for state and civil society 249
in sustainability 248
in Systems Thinking §11-3.2
testing 242
using Dooyeweerd in 42+ 212+ 217+ 270+ 291+ 305
see also conceptual frameworks; paradigms
foundations of research:
in everyday experience 12+ §1-4+ §6-3
investigations using LACE §10-1.3
need for 13
ontology, epistemology and axiology §4-3
philosophy as 13+ §5-1.3
founding aspect 74
freedom 78
see also Nature-freedom ground-motive
Friesen, Glenn 16
frugality 42+ 199-200+ 202+ 228+ 233
full reality 11+ 27
see also everyday experience; multi-aspectual functioning; coherence of meaningfulness
fun 201
functioning §4-3.8+ 80+ Figure 4.2
aspectual §4-3.8.1+ Table 4.1
and dysfunction §4-3.8.1
in relationship §4-3.8.4
see also multi-aspectual functioning
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
Gadamer, Hans-Georg 67+ 87+ 103+ 259
game playing Table 8.1
Geertsema, Henk G. 41+ 130+ 131+ 296+ 300
Gegenstand (thinker separated from world) 25+ 31+ §6-3.2+ §6-3.3+ 134-5+ 237
as abstraction §6-3.3+ 219
as analytical functioning 192
as attitude of thought 39+ 41+ 192+ 289
criticism of 301
double 133
see also data (research); theoretical attitude of thought
genealogy of knowledge 40
General Theory of Modal Spheres 91+ 303
generality/genericity (of findings, theories) 4-5+ 6-7+ 7+ 25+ 32+ 36+ 44+ 96+ 123+ §6-1.1+ 138+ 155+ 231+ 236+ 302
generalising 29
generated objects 83
generous attitude 205+ 224
geometric proofs Table 8.1
geometry Table 8.1
Giddens' Structuration Theory 75+ 81+ 110+ 134+ 254
modalities Table 9.1
global biodiversity 160
goals 42+ 193+ 233
good (and evil) §4-3.7+ passim
and evil, per aspect §4-3.8.1+ Table 4.1
and meaningfulness 79-7
see also dysfunction
good, the mandate of humanity 81
grand narratives 5
Greek philosophers 27+ 65+ 299
see also Form-matter ground-motive
Green Movement xxii
Ground-Ideas Chapter 7
analysis using §7-1.5+ §7-3.1
application in research projects §7-4
clarification offered by the notion §7-2.1
differentiating paradigms 173
facilitating dialogue §7-3+ 222
in LACE 214
and limitations of research 288
and research methods 262
as research philosophy §7-4.1
ground-motives §5-2+ passim
as basis for critique 214+ 217+ 237+ Table 11.1
critique of the notion 299
generating worldviews 105+ 156
Korean 106-7
as origins of meaning §6-3.6
as presuppositions not truths 104+ §5-2.3+ 309
problems of dialectical §5-2.4
role in research Table 11.1
used in analysis §11-2.1+ §11-3.1
Western 105-6+ 107+ Figure 5.1
Zoroastrian 106
see also dialectical ground-motives
Grounded Theory 270
group beliefs 207
grouping aspects §9-2
growth 190+ Figure 9.5
growth (economic) 200
Gunton, Richard 248
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
Habermas, Jürgen:
action types Table 9.1
ground-motives 106
immanent critique 129
knowledge interests 33+ 126+ 127+ 136
lifeworld v. system 38+ 41+ 68+ 76+ 87
as socio-critical thinker 158
Theory of Communicative Action 38+ 68+ 158
wider meaningfulness 35
Habermas and Dooyeweerd:
differences 68+ Table 5.3+ 136
similarities 6+ 33+ 35+ 38+ 41+ 44+ 76+ 87+ 106+ Table 5.3+ 127+ 129
habitus 38+; see also everyday experience
Halliday, Sue xxviii
Hard Systems Thinking 109+ 246
see also systems thinking
harm 77
in each aspect Table 4.1
see also dysfunction; repercussions
harmonising of rationalities: see rationalities, harmonising
harmony Table 4.3+ 201+ 227-8
of aspects: see inter-aspect coherence
of rationalities 227
see also coherence
Hartley, Andrew xxviii+ 245-6+ 290-1
Hartmann's strata Table 9.1
Hawthorne Effect 28
health 188+ Figure 9.5
of researchers 230
see also field of healthcare
heart (self) 92
heatmap diagrams §11-2.4+ 284
Hebrew Wisdom literature 27
Hegel, GWF 110+ 156+ 299
Heidegger, Martin 67+ 73+ Figure 5.1
"a philosophy of death" 67
Being and Time 67
being-in-the-world, Dasein 14+ 28+ 67+ 83+ 87+ 92
concern-with 70+ 77
conflated self-giving with self-formation 206
criticism of Christianity 116
ground-motives 106
hermeneutics 102+ 103
on meaning(fulness) 67
on poetry, art 67+ 302
rejection of substance 67+ 72
on technology 67
see also Descartes
Heidegger and Dooyeweerd:
differences 67+ 87+ 92+ 102+ Figure 5.1+ 119+ Table 5.3+ 206+ 217+ 301-2
similarities 28+ 67+ 70+ 72+ 73+ 77+ 83+ 92+ 102+ 106+ 119+ Table 5.3+ 301-2
Heisenberg's Uncertainly Principle 28
hermeneutic cycle 67+ 91+ 103+ 113+ 270
hermeneutics Table 8.1
hidden agendas 42+ 55-6+ 232
hidden bias 161+ 162
hidden complexity 62
hidden meanings in text 149+ §11-7.2
hidden (overlooked) aspects/issues of research activity 9+ Table 2.1+ 44+ 95+ 213+ 219+ 221+ §10-4+ 232+ 268
see also overlooked aspects; presuppositions
hidden (overlooked) meanings in research content 8+ 26+ 60+ 62+ 148-9+ 232+ 245+ 259+ 268-9+ §11-7.2+ 275+ 277+ 279+ 282
uncovering 268-9+ 275+ 282+ §11-7.2
see also down-to-earth issues; indirect issues; overlooked aspects; presuppositions
high-level issues 275
see also down-to-earth issues
history 12+ 81+ 149+ 194+ Table 8.1+ 298
see also field of history
holism 201
see also coherence; reductionism
honesty Table 10.1
horizon of human experience 41+ 72+ 101
and truth 128+ 139
Hosseiny, Nadia xxviii
human activity: see multi-aspectual functioning
research activity
human being of the researcher 132+ 135+ 296
see also multi-aspectual functioning; researcher as human being
human beings 74+ 83
see also heart (self)
Humanist League, Dutch 15
Humanistic philosophy 66+ 68
see also Nature-freedom ground-motive
humanity's bodies of knowledge: see bodies of knowledge
humanity's mandate to research 81+ 223
see also mandate
humility in research 44
Husserl, Edmund:
diversity (including of data sources) 35+ 38+ 126-7+ 134
on geometry 176
knowing subject 140-1
life-world 23+ 33+ 37+ 61+ 87+ 126-7+ 134+ passim+ (see also lifeworld)
on meaning 66-7
phenomenological reduction 103
reductionism 39+ 128
two modes of 'I' 31
used in research 14
'worlds' 6+ 58+ 141
see also Phenomenology
Husserl and Dooyeweerd:
differences 39+ 67+ Figure 5.1+ Table 5.3+ 126+ 128+ 134+ 140
enrichment by 87+ 134
similarities 31+ 33+ 35+ 38+ 58+ 61+ 66+ 119+ Table 5.3+ 126-7+ 134+ 140-1+ 141
Huygens, Jan 42
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
I-Thou relationship (Buber) Table 4.3
ideas §8-3+ §11-4+ 305
see also concepts
identity 65+ §4-3.4
of fields §8-1.1+ 164-5+ Figure 8.2
human 208
politics 208
idolatry Table 4.1+ 223+ §11-4.2
immanence-standpoint §5-3+ 129+ passim
all being is self-dependent 112+ 128
basis for critique 214+ 217+ 237+ Table 11.1
critiques of Dooyeweerd's view on §12-1.10
Dooyeweerd's struggles with §5-4.1
pervades most Western philosophy 110+ 130
problems resulting from (incl. examples) 35+ 67+ §5-3.1+ 113+ 114-5+ 119+ 144+ 150+ 259
untenable 130
immanent critique 52+ 128-9+ §6-2.1+ 141+ 214+ 310
of theoretical thought §6-2
see also transcendental critique
inappropriateness 203
see also research philosophies, inappropriate
incommensurability 101+ 109-110+ 117-8+ 142+ 262
overcoming §7-3+ 175+ 215+ 262+ 305-6+ 308
see also crossing boundaries; research approaches
indeterminacy 78
see also predictability
indirect issues 10+ 56+ 61+ 94+ 247+ 276+ 309
see also hidden issues; long-term issues
individuality structure: see structure of individuality
indwelling 68+ 84+ 176+ 264
see also embeddedness; ocean of meaningfulness; Polanyi
information, nature of §11-3.6.5+ §11-4.3
information systems field: see field of information systems
information systems/technology xxii+ 4+ 164+ 103+ §10-1.3+ §11-7.3+ passim
development of Table 2.1+ §11-3.6.1
features of §11-3.6.2
use of 59+ 62+ §11-3.6.3
injustice 203
see also juridical aspect
innovation 193-4+ Table 10.1
instinct Figure 9.6+ 195
institutions Figure 8.2
instruments, used in research 134+ 149
see also application of research findings; tools
integration §7-3.1+ 201
see also coherence
intellectual elitism 227
intellectual humility 34+ 306
see also scientific modesty
intellectual motivations 138
intellectual satisfaction 34
inter-aspect analogy §3-2.4.3+ 58+ 78+ 170+ 231+ passim
inter-aspect coherence (harmony) §3-2.4+ 62+ 70+ 167+ passim
inter-aspect dependency §3-2.4.4+ 77+ 79+ 90+ passim
examples of use in research 58+ 90+ 153+ 259+ 274
in research application 57+ 170
inter-aspect relationships §3-2.3+ §3-2.4+ 70
in research 171+ 214+ 286+ 305
inter-discourse analysis §11-2.4
inter-field relationships 164+ §8-1.4+ 170-1+ Figure 8.2
see also boundaries
interaction 191
see also engagement
interdisciplinary communication 269
see also crossing research philosophy boundaries; inter-field relationships
interdisciplinary research 32+ 44+ 170+ 264+ 269+ 307+ 308
eliciting knowledge in §11-6
interpreting situations in 272
as multi-aspectual §3-5.1+ 62+ 145+ 150+ 163
undermined by immanence-standpoint 111
interdisciplinary application 272
interpretation using aspects §4-3.12+ §11-6+ §11-7
interpretation-meaning 64+ 66+ 85-6+ 87+ 288
analytic aspect 85+ 192+ 259
confused with meaningfulness 296-7
see also meaningfulness and meanings
interpretive research 99+ 104+ 151+ 155-6+ §7+3.1+ 272
see also interpretivism
interpretivism (research approach) Table 5.1+ 157+ §7-3.1
with positivism §7-3.1+ Table 7.2+ 152+ 215
religious root of (freedom pole) 55+ 108-9+ 152
see also interpretive research
interview data, analysing 135+ §11-7
interviewees, respect for 267+ 269
see also respect
interviewing as multi-aspectual functioning 43+ §11-6.3
interviews employing Dooyeweerd's aspects Table 8.1+ §11-6
philosophical reflections on §11-6.5
practical reflections on §11-6.4
supportive 267
volunteered information in §11-7.3.2+ §11-7.3.5
see also data collection; MAKE; MAIT
intuition 12+ 36+ 38-9+ 72+ 90+ Table 5.3+ 127+ 135+ passim
see also feeling
intuitive grasp of aspect kernel meaningfulness xxiii+ 90+ 91+ 128+ 176+ 181+ 212+ 302-3
developing Chapter 9+ 310
useful in research 134+ 135+ 214+ 267+ 269-70
irreducibility of aspects xxiii+ 15+ 48+ §3-2.3+ passim
of aspectual meaningfulness/law 70+ 72+ 79
danger of over-emphasis 52
enriches philosophy 99
implies distinct sciences/paradigms 96+ 165-7+ 274
implies each aspect important 51+ 56
implies good categorisation 51+ 72+ 255
implies researchers should consider every aspect 57
implies society sectors 250
helps clarify thinking 89+ 96+ 256+ 305
helps handle diversity 282+ 305
recognised by others 47-8+ 174
see also aspect, importance of every; aspects as irreducibly diverse; holism; reductionism
irreducibility of rationalities §4-3.6+ 96+ 135-8
see also harmonising of rationalities
irreducibly distinct ways of being meaningful 70
see also irreducibility of aspects
isms (and commitment) 99-100+ Table 5.1+ 159
see also belief
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
James, William 127+ 134
Joneidy, Sina xxvii+ 172+ 174+ 239-40+ 253+ 273
Jones, Gareth xxvii+ 52+ 231+ 249+ 270-1
juridical aspect §9-1.13+ Figure 9.13+ passim
of research §10-4.3
jurisprudence 114-5+ Table 8.1+ Figure 8.1
see also field of jurisprudence
justice 203
see also appropriateness; juridical aspect
justice in research Table 3.1
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
Kane, Suzanne xxiii+ xxvii+ §11-6.3+ 267-70
Kant, Immanuel:
antimony in 126
data only from senses 125+ 127
immanence-standpoint 130
and meaning 66
not deep enough 131
Nature-freedom ground-motive Figure 5.1
noumenon and phenomenon (Kantian gulf) 90+ 126
theoretical synthesis and analysis 126+ 133
and rationalities in theoretical thought 35
thinking ego at centre (Copernican Revolution) 33+ 125+ 139-40+ 141
used in research 14
Kant and Dooyeweerd:
differences Table 5.3+ 127-8+ 135+ 140
similarities 119+ Table 5.3+ 127+ 133+ 139-40+ 141
karma 204
Kawalek, Peter xxi+ 8
kernels of aspects §9-1
see also aspects, kernels and constellations
Key Issues in Information Systems Development 252
Khojah, Ghadah xxv+ xxvii+ 277-83+ 303
Kimani, Alex xxvii+ 90+ 250
kinematic aspect §9-1.3+ Figure 9.3
of research §10-4.8
Klein, Heinz xxiv+ xxvii+ 151+ 155-6+ 157-8+ 164+ 224+ 227-8+ 273+ 276
knowledge and knowing 5+ §4-3.12+ §4-3.13
advance in §7-2
types of Table 4.3
provisional nature of 6+ 96
see also bodies of knowledge; experience; tacit knowledge
knowledge based systems §10-5+ 270+ Figure 11.6
see also artificial intelligence; expert systems
knowledge elicitation 233+ §11-6.2+ §11-6.4+ §11-6.5+ §11-6.6
as research §10-5
knowledge management 90+ §11-3.5
knowledge, new: see new knowledge
knowledge representation (ontology) 103
Korean thought 106-7+ 113
Krishnan-Harihara, Subrahmaniam xxvii+ §11-4.2
Kuhn, Thomas 5+ 33-4+ 172-4
and paradigms 5+ 35+ 172-4+ 307
Kutar, Maria 240
Kuyper, Abraham 116
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
laboratory experiment Table 8.1
LACE (listen, affirm, critique, enrich) 119+ §10-1+ 308
and ground-ideas 144
elements of §10-1.1
example of (information systems approaches) §10-1.2+ §10-1.3
Lamb, David xxviii+ 136+ 138+ 152-4
language studies Table 8.1
law: see aspectual law; juridical aspect; jurisprudence
law, aspectual §4-3.8+ passim
law-side 79+ Figure 4.2+ 85+ 88+ 91+ Table 5.3
see also ocean of meaningfulness
law-side lifeworld 87+ 134
legal:
precedent in judgments 204
proportionality 203
see also juridical aspect
leisure 201
lens (metaphor for researcher view) 101+ 214
levels of presupposition 104
see also presuppositions
libraries Table 4.3
life functions 176+ 188
life sciences 59
see also field of biology
life-meaning (meaning of life) 64+ 65-6+ 69+ 76+ 86+ 87+ 208
see also meaningfulness and meanings
lifeworld passim
assumptions of the researcher 12
Dooyeweerdian enrichment 61+ 86-7+ 134
of a field 176
as 'given' 128
its meaningfulness and normativity 76
as philosophical idea 38
as pre-theoretical knowledge 33+ 127
as provider of meaningfulness 61+ 66+ 84+ 126
as shared background knowledge 12+ Table 4.3
as tacit knowledge 37
see also assumptions; presuppositions; attitude; beliefs
lingual aspect §04.1+ §9-1.9+ Figure 9.9+ passim
of research §10-4.7+ 287+ passim
see also discourse; dissemination; documents; interviewing; (socio)linguistics; literature; signification; text
Linguistic Turn 67+ 87+ 119+ Table 5.3+ 297
linguistics 87+ Table 8.1+ §8-2.3
see also sociolinguistics
listen, affirm, critique and enrich: see LACE
literature (of a field) 9+ §11+2
as body of knowledge 9+ 218+ 231-3
as lingual functioning 94
presents inadequate understanding Table 2.1+ §11-7.3.6
understanding with Dooyeweerd 61+ §11-2+ Figure 11.4+ §11-7.2+ §11-7.5
literature review Table 10.1+ 275
literature analysis, using aspects §11-2
using ground-motives §11-2.1
logic 28+ 193
see also rationality; theoretical thinking / thought
Lombardi, Patrizia xxiii+ 16+ 248
long-held assumptions 88+ 311
see also assumptions; presuppositions
long-term considerations 10+ 52+ 53+ 56+ 94+ 221+ 309
see also hidden issues; indirect issues
lower abstraction 25-6+ 133
loyalty 207+ 223
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
Maddy, Penelope 124-5
main research question 9+ 165+ 230+ 233+ 287-8
examples Table 8.1
see also focal aspect; research aim
MAIT (Multi-aspectual Interview Technique) §11-6.3. §11-6.4+ §11-6.5
MAKE (Multi-aspectual Knowledge Elicitation) xxiii+ §11-6.2+ §11-6.4+ §11-6.5
Malinowski, Bronislaw 30-1+ 95
management science Table 8.1
managerial approach 55-6+ 310
mandate of philosophy 35
mandate of research §1-2.1+ 24+ 56+ §4-3.8.3+ 94+ 132+ 225+ 230+ 236+ 305+ 310
mandate of science 95
Mandeville's Fable of the Bees 52
Manktelow, Maurice xxviii
Maslow's hierarchy of needs 47+ Table 9.1
mathematics: see field of mathematics
using Dooyeweerd in §11-8.3
matter 187
see also Form-matter ground-motive
McGibbon, Stephen xxvii+ 61+ §11-4.4+ 262+ §11-7.5
meaning Chapter 4+ Table 5.3
diversity and coherence of §4-3.1
of life: see life-meaning
misunderstood by immanence-standpoint §4-2+ 111+ 259
model of §4-3.11.1
philosophy of §4-2
refers beyond 70+ (see also origin of meaningfulness)
and research content §4-4.3
time and self §4-3.14
treatment of in philosophy 64+ §4-2
types of §4-1+ §4-3.11
see also meaningfulness
meaningfulness passim, especially 64+ 68+ §4-3+ 86
aspects/spheres of §4-3.2
definition §4-1+ §4-11
irreducibly diverse 70+ (see also irreducibility of aspects)
fundamental ground §4-3+ 236
knowing §4-3.13
the metaphor of ocean §4-3.10
misunderstood by philosophy 66-8+ 87+ 111+ 296
its transcendent nature 30+ §4-2+ 270+ 311
transcends humanity §4-1+ §4-3.10+ 248
ultimate 207
criticisms of Dooyeweerd's idea 296
see also aspects
meaningfulness as:
being §4-3.3
progress §4-3.8.3
rationality §4-3.6
value and good §4-3.7
meaningfulness and research §4-4
in paradigms 173+ §8-2.2
of research fields 96
transcends both researcher and world 95+ 268+ 270
see also mandate of research; research, motivations for ; research, value of
meaninglessness 13+ 51+ 63+ 66+ 67+ 182+ 207
measurement Table 3.1+ Table 10.1+ 228+ 230
memory 191
Merchant of Venice 285
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice 64+ 67
meta-philosophy 101
methods, data collection and analysis 262
see also data analysis; data collection; research methods
methods, from philosophy §5-1.4
Midgley, Gerald xxiv+ 14+ 164
mindset 207
see also ground-motives; worldviews
minority discourses 216
Mirijamdotter, Anita xxvii+ 247
misleading findings 60
see also findings
missing discourses 216-7
mistakes 28
see also category mistakes; dysfunction
mixed methods research 167+ 272+ 282
modalities of meaning 72
see also aspects; spheres
model: see conceptual models; theoretical models
model of meaning §4-3.11.1
application to philosophy §4-3.11.2
model refinement 60
modes of functioning 77
see also aspects as functioning
monism 52
morale 207
motivation 108+ 207
see also intellectual motivations; research, motivation for; researcher motivations
motivations, uncovering (in seminal papers) §11-7.2
movement 185
multi-aspectual: see coherence
multi-aspectual 'ocean' of meaningfulness §4-3.10+ 287+ passim
see also ocean of meaningfulness
multi-aspectual being 52+ 73+ 93+ 96+ 217+ 254+ 275
see also enkaptic wholes
multi-aspectual concepts and classification §11-4.3+ 74+ 282-3
multi-aspectual functioning §4-3.8.2+ 93+ passim
human activity and intuition as 50+ 90+ 92+ 248
knowing as §4-3.12
in research 173+ §10-2+ 213+ 218+ 310
of the (studied) world §9-3.4+ 241+ §11-2.3+ §11-3.3+ §11-8.3.
Multi-aspectual Interview Technique: see MAIT
Multi-aspectual Knowledge Elicitation: see MAKE
multi-aspectual paradigm in sustainability §11-3.3
multi-aspectual respect, perspective of 155+ 309
Multi-modal Systems Approach/Thinking 239+ 247+ 248
multiple rationalities §4-3.6
in generating findings §6-3.4+ 150+ 162+ Figure 8.2+ 237
examples of 150-1
mutual respect, between researcher and researched 240+ 269+ 306+ 308
see also respect
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
natural sciences 151+ 255
using Dooyeweerd in §11-8.3
Naturalism: see Realism
nature of:
abstraction 26
everyday experience 39
information and computers 254
philosophy or theoretical thought Chapter 6
research §1-2+ §6-3
research activity 310
temporal reality §4-3
theoretical thought, explored by Dooyeweerd xxiv+ 118+ 123+ §6-3+ 310
truth §8-1+ §8-4
Nature-freedom ground-motive 55+ 106+ Figure 5.1+ 109+ 158+ 215+ 229+ 252+ 290
Nature-grace (secular-sacred) ground-motive 105+ Figure 5.1+ 115+ 138+ 153+ 158
naïve and naive 27
naïve attitude 12+ 41
see also pre-theoretical attitude
nervous system 190
networking Table 10.1
networks of knowledge Table 4.3
neurones 191
neutrality of theoretical thinking: see non-neutrality of theoretical thought; autonomy of
new avenues for research 244+ 255+ 274+ 291
new knowledge 8+ 43+ 125+ 134-5+ 142+ 150+ 219+ 237
see also deriving findings from data
new paradigms 8+ 39+ 156+ 215+ §11-3.5+ 239+ 245+ 255+ 274+ 307
effect of 172
new paradigms in:
engineering §11-3.7
information systems §11-3.6
state and civil society §11-3.4
sustainability §11-3.3
tacit knowledge §11-3.5
Nominalism: see Anti-Realism
non-detachment of researcher 31+ 132+ passim
see also detached observer
non-neutrality of theoretical thought 26+ §2-3+ 127+ §6-2
evidence for 282
implications for research §2-6.3+ 44+ 236
and paradigms 172
presumption of neutrality 23+ 27+ 32
reasons why non neutral 139
researching 282
see also theoretical thought, absolutization of; truth
non-Western culture, Dooyeweerd's thought useful in 299
normal science 172
normativity 14+ 96
see also values
normativity, in everyday experience 221
note on terminology 19
notes on terminology:
antecipate, anticipate 74
assumptions, presuppositions 13
core and focal aspects 165
critical 157
ethicality 224
everyday 27
functioning 80
immanent, immanence 129
later, earlier aspects 55
law 78
meaning 65
meaningfulness 85
religion 108
theoretical 27
transcendent, transcendental 129
noumenon 90+ 125
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
object-functioning §4-3.9+ Figure 4.2
objective knowledge or truth 123+ 126
see also non-neutrality of theoretical thought; truth
objects (generated or prior) 83
observation, using Dooyeweerd in §11-8.2
Occam's Razor 47
ocean of meaningfulness (metaphor) 8+ 63+ §4-3.10+ Figure 4.2+ 102-3+ 176+ passim
context for research 308
enables cross-cultural, cross-era research 86+ 95+ 149+ 306+ 311
enables researcher-researched mutual understanding 31+ 86+ 90+ 95+ 140+ 270+ 289+ 306
enables understanding of texts 239+ 259+ 270+ 287
implies world reveals itself 90
knowing its aspects §4-3.13
as law-side 85
and meanings 87+ §4-3.11+ (see also attribution-meaning; interpretation-meaning; life-meaning; signification-meaning)
theoretical thought presupposes 142
and truth 140
usefulness of §4-3.11.2+ 90+ 113+ 214+ 216-7
see also coherence of meaningfulness; law-side
"on which it is reasonable to rely" 4+ 7+ 24+ 30+ 33+ 124+ 128+ 134
see also reliance-worthiness; findings
ontologies in knowledge representation 103+ 109
ontology 14+ §4-3+ 91+ 99+ 236+ 262+ 305
grounded in meaningfulness §4-3
ontology, epistemology, axiology integrated 64+ 97+ §5-1.1+ 236+ 305
open source (software) 206
openness 205
oppression 203
organic / biotic aspect §9-1.5+ Figure 9.5+ passim
of research §10-4.8
organisational studies Table 8.1
organisations 42+ 88+ 197-8+ 226+ 250+ 269
organisms 188
organs Figure 9.5
origin of meaning(fulness) 30+ 70+ §6-3.5+ §7-1.4+ passim
as ground-motives §6-3.6
originality 8+ 201
see also innovation
other-minds problem 68
outcomes: see repercussions
outer parameters 264
see also hidden issues
overlooked aspects/issues 95+ 275+ 282
of research 214+ 217-8+ 219+ §10-4
in research data 60
revealing 264-5+ 268+ 273+ 305
stimulation from 119+ 255+ 273
see also assumptions; hidden; presuppositions
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
paradigm shift (radical change) 137-8+ 155+ 172
dialectical and aspectual 156
examples xxii+ 4+ §7-2.1+ §11-3
paradigms 136+ §8-2+ §11-3+ passim
Kuhn and other views 33+ 101+ 172-4+ 309
as meaningfulness §8-2.2
multi-aspectual §11-3.3
pluralistic alternatives 109
using Dooyeweerd to critique or construct §11-3
see also foundational frameworks; research approaches
paradigms in:
engineering §11-3.7
knowledge management §11-3.5
the state and civil society §11-3.4
statistics §11-3.1
sustainability §11-3.3
Systems Thinking §11-3.2
tacit knowledge §11-3.5
part-whole 74
partiality 203
participant observation 30+ 86+ 132+ 288
see also detached observer; embeddedness; non-detachment of researcher
participants, non-dominant 269
participatory research 308
patience 228
peer review Table 10.1
Peirce, CS 66+ 87
Personal Knowledge (Polanyi) 33-4
personality ideal Figure 5.1
perspective structure of truth 128+ §6-4
perspective, sense of Table 4.3
phenomenological reduction 103+ 126
Phenomenology 66+ 101+ 102+ 126+ 130+ 131+ 144
see also Husserl
philosopher's fallacy 48+ 66
philosophical foundations, need for 13
philosophies, crossing their boundaries §5-5+ §10-1
philosophies, understanding via Ground-Ideas Chapter 7
philosophy §1-4.2+ Chapter 5+ 136+ 143+ passim
and meaning 64+ §4-2+ 136
see also immanence-standpoint; research philosophy
philosophy and science, similarities and differences 14+ 23+ 101+ 131-2+ 143+ 150+ 151
philosophy and research §5-1
benefiting from research §11-4.5
effect of presuppositions §5-2+ §5-3
roles of §5-1
see also research philosophy
philosophy as research approach §5-1.2+ 103-4+ 154+ §7-3+ §7-4.1+ 305+ passim
philosophy as foundation for research 13+ §1-4+ §5-1.3+ 160+ §8-3+ §10-1.3+ §11-3
see also starting-points; frameworks; paradigms
philosophy as source of conceptual tools and methods in research §5-1.4+ §8-3+ §11-4+ §11-5+ §11-6+ §11-7
see also categories/isation; classification
philosophy, "Christian" §5-4.2
philosophy of information 257
Philosophy of the Law Idea 116
physical aspect §9-1.4+ Figure 9.4
of research §10-4.8
physical sciences 59+ Table 8.1
see also field of physics
physiology Table 8.1
pistic aspect 49+ §9-1.15+ Figure 9.15+ passim
of research 55+ 151+ §10-4.1
planning 193
Plantinga, Alvin 296-7
plants 83
Plato 47+ Figure 5.1
theory of Forms 47
pluralist ground-motives §5-2.4
Polanyi, Michael Figure 5.1
on attitude of researchers 34+ 123
non-detachment 28+ 29+ 83+ 84+ 176
on theoretical thought 32+ 133
non-neutrality of theory 33+ 34
wider meaningfulness 35
tacit knowledge 12+ 37+ 88+ 250
meaning, dwelling in 68+ 84+ 176
in the exact sciences 29+ 34
used in research 6
see also embeddedness; non-neutrality of theoretical thought; tacit knowledge
Polanyi and Dooyeweerd:
differences 33+ 42+ Table 5.3
similarities 34+ 35+ 68+ 84+ 87-8+ Table 5.3+ 176
political science Table 8.1
see also field of politics
Positivism as research approach Table 5.1+ 108+ 157+ §7-3.1
and Interpretivism 106+ 117-8+ Table 7.2+ 215
problems with 55
religious root of (Nature pole) 55+ 108
in the social sciences 55
taking immanence-standpoint 110
see also interpretivism
possibility, two kinds (aspectual/law-side, fact-side) §4-3.8.1
possibility, aspectual 51+ §4-3.8.1+ 81+ 155+ passim in §9-1+ 306
power (electrical, physical) 230+ 254
power (formative functioning) §9-1.8
power (social/-relations):
Dooyeweerd's view 126+ 128+ 136+ 198+ 229+ 249
distorting effect of perspectives based on 101+ 126+ 158+ 160+ 225
as dysfunction in ethical aspect 198
going beyond with Dooyeweerd 5+ 270
its hidden, pervasive nature 87+ 229
as high-level (not down-to-earth) issue 12+ 275
making theoretical thought non-neutral 33-4+ (see also non-neutrality of theoretical thought)
as normativity 57
reduction to 39-40+ 51+ 128+ 247
relationships 12+ 42
in research 14
and socio-critical thinking 158
see also attitude; Foucault; Habermas interests
practice of research §1-3+ Chapter 10+ passim
see also everyday experience
practice-as-research 28
see also action research
Pragmatism 29+ 32+ 38-9+ 40+ 41+ 66+ Table 5.1+ 127+ 128+ 129
Pragmatism and Dooyeweerd:
differences 29+ 32+ 38-9+ 40+ 41+ 128
similarities 29+ 38+ 66+ 127
pre-theoretical 12+ 27+ passim
attitude of thought 12+ 23
contrasted with theoretical attitude 25+ §6-3.2
Dooyeweerd's view §2-2.3+ §2-3.3+ 37+ 48+ 70+ 84
knowledge §2-4
philosophical attitudes to §2-5
as starting-point 40
thinking/thought 6+ §2-3
see also everyday experience; tacit knowledge
predictability 188
see also indeterminacy
prejudice 28+ Table 4.3
pressure on researchers 4+ 55-6+ 223+ 226+ 230+ 310
see also families
presumption that research data comes from the senses 148
see also data (research), sources
presuppositions 9+ 13+ §5-2+ §5-3+ passim
affecting research 55+ 102+ §5-2+ §5-3.1+ Table 10.1+ 309
critical attitude to §5-2.3+ §5-2.4+ §5-3.1+ 233
declaring/exposing xxiv+ 101+ 114+ 118
of ground-motives 105-6
in philosophy §5-2+ §5-3+ 136-8+ 143-4
as pistic functioning Table 3.1+ 55+ Table 4.3+ 207
prevailing assumptions 158
see also presuppositions; society; worldviews
pride 207
see also humility; scientific modesty
procrastination 242+ Figure 11.2
progress §4-3.8.3+ 195+ 298
see also advances in knowledge
properties, per aspect §4-3.8.4+ Table 4.2
provisional nature of all knowledge 6+ 96
see also knowledge and knowing; non-neutrality of theoretical thought
psychical / sensitive aspect §9-1.6+ Figure 9.6+ passim
of research §10-4.8
psychology 59+ Table 8.1+ Figure 11.2
see also field of psychology
pure research 7
puzzle solving 3+ 46+ Table 3.1+ Table 8.1
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
qualifying and founding aspects 74
not useful in research 271
qualitative analysis / research 135+ §11-7.3.3+ 282+ §11-7.5
qualitative coding 278
quantified degrees of belief 291
quantitative analysis / research 135+ §11-7.3.3+ 282+ §11-7.4
quantitative aspect §9-1.1+ Figure 9.1+ passim
of research §10-4.8
quantity 183
quantum 'information' (qubit) 177+ 196
quantum physics: see field of quantum theory
"Queen of sciences" 14+ 109+ Table 5.2
Queer research 222
questioning prevailing assumptions 158
see also critical; presuppositions; society; worldviews
questionnaires Table 8.1
design using aspects §11-6.1
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
Radical Humanism Table 5.1
Radical Structuralism Table 5.1
rationalities in theoretical thought 61+ 96+ §6-3.4+ 143+ §7-1.3+ Table 11.1+ passim
examples 150-1+ 153+ §7-3.1+ 167+ 215+ 245-6
in fields and paradigms 150+ 165+ 169-70+ 173
to generate findings 35+ 96+ §6-3.4+ 165+ 219+ (see also findings)
harmonising §6-3.4+ 143+ §7-1.3+ Figure 8.2+ Table 10.1+ 227
inappropriate 8+ 167
responsibility for harmonising 35+ 135+ 237
role in knowledge advance 155
see also multiple rationalities
rationality 50+ §4-3.6+ 306
innate coherence 12+ §4-3.6
see also rationalities
rationalization of society 41
real world (real-life) 11+ 26
see also everyday experience
Realism 2+ Table 5.1+ §6-1.1+ 128
see also Anti-Realism; Critical Realism; truth
reality 6+ 13+ 102+ passim
the way it works 7
see also everyday experience; full reality; meaning; situations; world
reasoning 28
about data 43+ 96
versus sensing and passion 105
see also logic; rationality/ies
reducibility 54+ 190
reductionism 44+ 51+ 104+ 190+ 252
and aspects 111+ 244
avoiding 48+ 52+ 305+ 309
why seems to work 53
see also aspects as irreducibly diverse; core aspects; diversity; holism; irreducibility
reflective diaries Table 10.1
Reformation 106
Scottish 94
Reformational Philosophy or thought 15+ 16+ 69+ 97+ 116+ 130+ 202+ 214+ 247+ 303+ 313
see also Dooyeweerd's philosophy
regime of truth 126
Reid, Thomas 38+ 126-7
relationships between:
aspects §3-2+ 111
colleagues 224+ 228+ (see also rivalries; generous attitude)
discourses §7-3+ §11-2.2+ §11-7.2
fields: see inter-field relationships
research and everyday experience §2-1.2
research approaches 159
researcher and world 25+ §2-1.2+ 154
researchers in different fields 1+ §5-5+ 170+ 240+ 306+ 308
relationships, functional:
by aspect §4-3.8.4+ Table 4.2+ §4-3.9
subject-object 83+ 95
subject-subject 83+ 95
relationships, structural §4-3.5
see also enkapsis; part-whole
Relativism: see Anti-Realism
relevance (research content) 8+ 31+ 33+ 55+ 59+ 63+ 95+ 134+ 148+ 165+ 231+ 263+ 283
see also meaningfulness
relevant issues overlooked 60+ 145
see also hidden issues; overlooked issues
reliance-worthiness 7-8+ 33+ 123+ 309+ passim
see also "on which it is reasonable to rely"
religion 108+ Table 5.2
see also belief
religious or ideological beliefs 208+ 222
religious root, theoretical thought 115+ §6-2
religious thought excluded from scholarship 109
repercussions §4-3.8+ Figure 4.2
aspectual 94
beneficial and harmful §4-3.8.1
of research findings 8+ §2-6.1+ §3-4
widespread 29
see also benefits; contributions; indirect issues; long-term issues
reproducibility 8+ 9+ 151-2
research §1-2+ passim
the changing world of §13-2
cross-cultural: see cross-cultural research
deeper problems in 312-3
foundations of §1-4.1+ §5-2+ §5-3
as a fully-human activity 55+ Chapters 2,3
mandate of: see mandate of research
motivation for 7+ 137+ 138+ 151+ 153+ §10-4.1
nature of §1-2+ 14+ Chapter 2+ Chapter 6
philosophical and scientific 135+ 136-7
stages in Table 11.1
as theoretical thought Chapter 6
unpredictability of 46+ 95+ 215+ 224+ 230+ 234+ 269
value of 8+ 94+ 117+ 309+ (see also contributions; mandate of research; research and meaningfulness)
research activity 9+ 94+ 151+ 173+ Chapter 10+ passim
aspects of §10-3+ Table 10.1+ §10-4
complexity of Chapter 10
contributions of Dooyeweerd §13-1.3
diversity and coherence of §3-3
as everyday experience §2-6.2+ 218
example §10-5
hidden issues in §10-4
and meaningfulness §4-4.2
as multi-aspectual functioning 55+ §10-2+ Table 10.1
with research application and content 10+ 236
research aim/focus 9+ 57
see also focal aspect; main research question; research topics
research and everyday experience Chapter 2
differences §2-1.1
(embedded) relationships between 7+ 12+ §2-1.2
see also everyday experience and research; theoretical and pre-theoretical
research application 10+ §2-6.1+ §3-4+ §4-4.1+ 169
contributions of Dooyeweerd §13-1.4
see also application of research findings
research approach(es) 14+ §5-1.2+ 104+ 108+ 159-60+ 261+ 305
analysing and choosing §7-3.1+ Table 7.2+ 160+ §10-1.2+ 261-2+ 305
dialogue and conflict 108+ §7-3.1+ 162+ 214
see also research philosophy
research bias: see bias
research community 25+ 35+ 63+ 161+ 224-5+ 239
see also community of practice/thought
research content 9-10+ §2-6.3+ §3-5+ §4-4.3+ 152+ 173
contributions of Dooyeweerd §13-1.2
see also data (research); rationalities; findings; paradigms; theories; fields
research design and planning 10+ 218+ Table 11.1+ 288+ 308
research ethics 29+ 43+ 218+ Table 10.1
too limited 10+ 12+ 206+ 226
broadening 95+ 235
see also mandate of research; research as responsibility
Research Excellence Framework 223
research fields Chapter 8
see also fields of research
research methods 221+ §11-5
appropriate per aspect Table 8.1+ Figure 8.2
discussions of using dooyeweerd §11-5
research onion 99
research opportunities 19
research opportunities:
analysis of recent philosophers 129
aspects 92
aspectual interpretation 283
axiology 77
bias in research 161
computer procrastination 243
diagrams 256
discourses in a field 245
emergence 54
foundations 217
Ground-Idea analysis 154
ground-motives 113+ 138
Grounded Theory 270
Heidegger 73
hidden issues 269
information 258
lifeworld 61
research limitations 288
meaning 86
model refinement 60
nature of freedom 78
non-neutrality of theoretical thought 282
observation research 289
paradigms 174
paradoxes 76
philosophy of meaning 87
prediction 81
questionnaire design 264
reproducibility 151
research approaches 159
research contributions 288
research methods 221
research planning 288
research rationalities 151
research stages 237
researcher-world relationship 95
rethinking foundations 217
suites of aspects 209
tacit knowledge 90
tacit knowledge and lifeworld 37
text and discourse analysis 287
research philosophy/ies 14+ 98+ §5-1+ 218
defined by aspects and Ground-Idea §7-3.1+ 215+ 237
dialogue between differing §5-5+ 214+ (see also crossing research philosophy boundaries; incommensurability; relationship between discourses)
inappropriate 101+ 142+ 159-160+ 262+ 305
new (esp. using Dooyeweerd) §5-4.3+ §7-4.1+ 262+ 305+ 313
see also research approach; philosophy; axiology; epistemology; ontology
research projects or programmes 33+ 132+ §7-4+ 230+ management of Table 10.1
research proposals 238+ 288
research as responsibility 8+ 307
see also juridical aspect; mandate of research
research results: see findings
research strategy 10+ 98
research topics 8+ 31+ 9+ 171+ 218+ 223+ 239+ 288+ 305
see also focal aspect; main research question
research variables: see data (research)
research, aspects of: see individual aspects (aesthetic, analytic, economic, ethical, formative, juridical, kinematic, lingual, organic-biotic, physical, pistic, psychical, quantitative, social, spatial)
research, interdisciplinary §8-1.4
see also cross-cultural research
research, new avenues in 244+ 255+ 274+ 291
research, success and quality 43+ 50+ 55+ 95+ 221
requirements for §1-2.3
research, using Dooyeweerd in Table 5.2+ Chapter 11+ 251+ §13-1+ passim
see also Dooyeweerd's philosophy in research
researcher (thinker) 7+ passim
capabilities of 232
as human being 55+ 125+ 132+ 135+ 236+ 296+ passim+ (see also Asperger's Syndrome; dyslexia; families)
life of Table 10.1+ 310
motivations of 136+ 222+ (see also research, motivation for)
subjectivity of (assumptions, culture, experience, preferences) 13+ 55+ 98+ 134+ 275+ 283+ 303
ameliorating 30+ 268-9+ 275+ 280+ 283
see also attitude and responsibility of researchers; bias; paradigms
researcher-world relationship 28+ 34+ §2-2+ 95+ 289
share ocean of meaningfulness 270+; see also detached observer
researching everyday experience §11-7.3
respect xxvi+ 199+ passim
instead of opposition 156
respect between researcher and researched 240+ 269+ 306+ 308
respect for:
diversity and coherence §3-1+ 91+ 214+ 301+ 305
every aspect §10-1+ 287
everyday experience 3+ 12+ 26+ 27+ 37+ 38+ 41+ 69+ 91+ 239+ 301
families 226-7+ 229
interviewees / those researched 226+ 266-7+ 269-70
normativity and responsibility 305
other cultures 226+ 229
other fields, thinkers, views §5-5+ 155+ 156+ 170+ 240+ 306+ 308
wider meaningfulness 170
world 12+ 226+ 309
respect, facilitated by aspects 155+ §10-1+ 301
responsibilities, everyday/down-to-earth 279
responsibilities in research 8+ §10-4.3+ 307+ passim
see also mandate; research, value of
responsibilities of researcher (thinker) 3+ 10+ §2-2.2+ 94+ §10-4+ 305+ 307
for benefit in applying research 8+ 10+ 29+ §2-6.1+ §4-4.1
for harmonising rationalities xxiii+ 35+ §6-3.4
responsibilities of fields §8-1+ Figure 8.2+ 307
responsibility §4-3.8.1+ Figure 8.2+ 203+ Figure 9.13+ §11-3.6.1+ passim
abrogation of 3+ 124
per aspect §4-3.7+ 78+ 306-7
environmental xxii+ 32+ 226
implied by embeddedness 29
important for success 43
see also normativity
responsibility to:
bodies of knowledge 227
colleagues 226
family 226-7
those being researched 226
world, planet and society 32+ §10-4.3
see also research ethics
retrocipation: see antecipation
Ribiero, Paulo 254
Ricoeur, Paul 68+ 87+ 259
ridicule, fear of 269
right and wrong 203
rights 203
see also justice
rigour and relevance 33
see also relevance; truth
rivalries 42+ 55-6+ 151+ 228
see also relationships between colleagues
Roget's Thesaurus Table 9.1
roles of philosophy in research §5-1
Russell, Bertrand 134
Russell, Richard v+ xxii+ xxvii
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
sacrifice 205
salaam: see shalom
Scholasticism 14+ 65+ 105+ 109+ 112+ 114-6+ Table 5.2+ 130+ 154+ 212+ 299
science 7
see also research; fields
science, difference from philosophy: see philosophy and science
science, role of Table 5.2
sciences Table 8.1
see also fields
scientific modesty 34+ 224-5+ 251
see also intellectual humility; pride
scientific revolutions 155+ 172
see also paradigm shifts
scientist 7; see researcher; thinker
Searle, Alaric xxviii+ 149
Second Philosophy (Maddy) 125
secondary data §7-1.2.3+ 218
Seerveld, Calvin 202
self, heart §4-3.14
self-critique 31+ §6-3.5+ Table 7.2+ Table 10.1
self-giving love/attitude 205-6
self-protection / selfishness 205
self-reinforcing loops 57+ 248
seminal papers, analysis of motivations §11-2.2+ §11-7.2
semiotics Table 8.1
sense data (presumed only source) 125+ 148
see also data, sources
sensing, responding 190
shalom (salaam) 77+ 80+ 94-5+ 199+ 236+ 248
see also multi-aspectual functioning; normativity; repercussions
Shalom Principle 52+ 77+ 95+ 221+ 248+ 309
Shamanism 106-7
shared beliefs, assumptions, knowledge 81+ Table 4.3+ 197
see also assumptions; lifeworld; presuppositions; social aspect
signals 191
signification, symbolic 39+ 195
signification-meaning §4-1+ 66-8+ 70+ §4-3.11+ §9-1.9+ 256+ 258+ 287+ 288
confused with meaningfulness 67+ 296-7
lingual aspect 85+ 196+ 259
see also meaningfulness and meanings
simultaneity 184
of aspects 52+ 58+ 81
in realization of norms 247
situations (studied or researched) 6+ 12+ 58+ passim
analysed by aspects 51
see also down-to-earth issues; everyday experience; world
skills Table 4.3
social aspect §9-1.10+ Figure 9.10
of research §10-4.6+ passim
social construction 92+ 106+ 112+ 124+ 247
see also Anti-Realism
social institutions, Dooyeweerd's theory of 198+ 229
social media 54+ 244
social structures and power relations: see power (social); society
society 35+ 41+ 226+ 253+ 310
beliefs/presuppositions in 105+ 108+ 126+ 154+ 222-3+ 311
Dooyeweerd's view §4-3.8.3+ 138+ §11-3.4+ 298+ 309
see also presuppositions; ground-motives
society, and information technology §11-3.6.4
socio-critical approach in research Table 5.1+ 157+ Table 7.2+ 215+ 234
see also critical
socio-critical theory 225
see also Critical Theory
socio-technical 164+ 253
sociolinguistics §7-1.5+ §8-2.3+ Table 8.1
see also linguistics
sociological paradigms 99-100+ 104+ 159+ 170+ 172
sociology Table 8.1
Soft Systems Thinking 109+ 265
see also systems thinking
sources of data: see data (research), sources
spaces for thinking or discourse 185
spatial aspect §9-1.2+ Figure 9.2
of research §10-4.8
Special Theory of Modal Spheres 91+ 302
Speech Act Theory 175
sphere sovereignty 51
see also irreducibility
sphere universality 52
see also inter-aspect coherence
spheres of meaningfulness 50+ 54+ §4-3.2+ Figure 4.1+ 78+ 149+ 165+ 173+ 255
see also aspects
sport science Table 8.1
square circles (paradox) 80+ 193
stages of research §11-1
beginning and end §11-8.1
potential of Dooyeweerd Table 11.1
stakeholders 233
standpoint §5-3+ 110+ 134+ 309
Dooyeweerd's 112+ 113+ 120
every thinker has 114
immanence: see immanence-standpoint
Pagan, Eastern, Christian §5-3.2
transcendence §5-3.2
starting-points 17+ §2-5.3+ 68+ 101+ 102+ 110+ 132+ 137
Dooyeweerd's 98+ 101-2+ 113-4+ 120+ 127+ 239+ 272+ 291
in pre-theoretical and everyday experience 23+ 40-1+ 120+ 127+ 239+ 272+ 291
in diversity and coherence 47-8+ 120+ 127+ 239+ 272
in meaningfulness 63+ 84+ 120+ 127+ 239
state and civil society, new paradigm in §11-3.4
statistics Table 10.1+ §11-3.1
status quo, and its subversion 157-8
stimulation by using aspects:
to fresh ideas 14+ 53+ 57+ 58+ 69+ 231
to innovation 199+ 228
of researchers 90+ 268+ 273
stimulus-response experiments Table 8.1
Strauss, Danie 14+ 58+ 76+ 131+ 176+ 186+ 196+ 297+ 300-1+ 302
Strijbos, Sytse xxiii+ xxvii+ 16+ 170+ 247
Structuration Theory: see Giddens
structure of individuality 74+ 169+ 177+ 249+ 258+ 259+ 285+ 286
see also type law; types of thing
structure of things §4-3.4+ 111
structured observation 288
subject-by-proxy 261
subject-functioning Figure 4.2
subject-object relationships 83+ 95
analytical 132
Dooyeweerd v. Descartes and Heidegger §4-3.9+ 217
subject-side 80
see also fact-side; law-side
subject-subject relationships §4-3.9+ 95
subjective opinions versus objective 'facts' 106
subjectivism v. objectivism 106+ 124
subjectivity of interpretation 302
see also aspectual interpretation; researcher, subjectivity of; variability
subjects of study, everyday experience of 59+ 272+ 275
see also situations; world
substance (Aristotelian) 67+ 72+ 75
supervenience: see emergence
Surey, Mark xxviii
sustainability xxiii+ 109+ §11-3.3
sustainability policy 231
Swannack, Karen xxvii
Symbolic Spatial Mapping 256
symbols 195
syntax v. semantics 196
systems theory/thinking xxiii+ 13+ 47+ 55+ 109+ 111+ 239+ §11-3.2
see also Hard / Soft / Critical Systems Thinking
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Tacit Dimension, The (Polanyi) 37
tacit knowledge/knowing 12+ 37+ §4-3.12+ Table 4.3+ 250+ 268
paradigms in §11-3.5
Tao 204
target aspect 83+ 298+ 302
in research 93+ 135+ 145+ 148+ 173+ 216+ 295
of specific aspectual functioning 85-6+ 191+ 194+ 196+ 197+ 256+ 273
team working 94+ Table 10.1
see also relationships between colleagues; social aspect of research
technology 16+ 28+ 29+ 67+ 81+ 193-4+ 248+ 256
see also tools; information technology
Technology Acceptance Model (TAM, Davis) 4+ 59+ 61-2+ Figure 3.2+ 145+ 150+ 152+ 165+ Figure 11.2
terminal aspects 55+ 208
text §9-1.9
"all is" 68+ 87
clarity of 193
and context 88+ 270
crafting 233-4
hidden meanings in 149+ §11-7.2
and meaning 64-5+ 67-8+ 85-6+ 87-8
see also discourses; literature; text analysis
text analysis/interpretation of Table 8.1+ 272
ancient 136
aspectual 149+ 240+ §11-7+ 282
variability in §4-3.13+ 269+ 283
see also aspectual analysis
theology 109+ Table 5.2+ Table 8.1
theoretical and pre-theoretical Chapter 2
compared 6+ §2-1.1+ 27-8+ §2-3+ §2-4+ §6-3.2
together §2-3.3+ 36+ 44+ 139
see also engagement; embeddedness; everyday and research; research and everyday experience; theoretical thought
theoretical attitude of thought 12+ 25+ 27+ 101+ 132+ 144
as abstraction 25-6+ 132+ §6-3.3
as (Gegenstand) separation from world 31+ 132-3
as domination 38
as problem for philosophy 129-131
see also theoretical thought; Gegenstand
theoretical knowledge/knowing Table 4.3+ §2-4+ Chapter 6
as analytical knowing 90
embedded within pre-theoretical 88
non-neutral §2-3+ 126
see also theoretical and pre-theoretical; non-neutrality of theoretical thought
theoretical models 149
theoretical synthesis 126+ 133+ §6-3.4+ 139+ 140-1
see also Kant; rationalities in theoretical thought, harmonising
theoretical thinking/thought 6+ 27+ Table 5.3+ Chapter 6+ 192+ passim
absolutization or (presumed) autonomy of 27+ §2-3+ 101+ §6-2+ 236+ 282
advantages and limitations of §2-3.1+ 133-4
critical self-reflection within §6-3.5
Dooyeweerd's view and critiques of §2-3.3+ §6-2.1+ §6-2.2+ §6-3
non-neutrality of: see non-neutrality of theoretical thought
rationalities within §6-3.4+ (see also rationalities in theoretical thought, harmonising)
religious root of §6-2
roles played by meaningfulness §4-4+ 142+ 143+ §7-1.2+ (see also meaningfulness and research)
transcendental conditions of §6-3
undermined by dialectical ground-motives and immanence-standpoint 108+ §5-3.1
wider meaningfulness and origin of meaning §6-3.5
and world §6-3.3+ §7-1.2
see also research; non-neutrality of theoretical thought
theory (theories) 6+ 132
see also findings; research content; theoretical thinking/thought
Theory of Reasoned Action 57+ 149
thinker: see researcher
thinkers, all have presuppositions 114
thinking self 35
see also self; researcher as human being
thought experiments Table 8.1
time §4-3.14
tools 134+ 149+ 193+ Table 10.1
see also instruments; application of research findings
topology' Table 8.1
totality of meaning(fulness) 35+ 40+ 137
society's (ground-motives) 105+ 108+ 138+ 143+ 160
to which the thinking community refers 138+ 162
see also coherence of meaning; ocean of meaningfulness; unity; harmony; wider meaningfulness
training 194
transcendence standpoint 129
see also immanence-standpoint; standpoints
transcendent v. transcendental critique 129
transcendental critique 129+ 132+ 214
applies to both philosophy and science 131
by others 126+ 131
see also immanent critique
transcendental critique of theoretical thought §6-3
Dooyeweerd's xxv+ 16+ 40+ 128-30+ 131+ §6-3+ 141+ 161-2+ 282+ 296+ 300+ 311
criticisms of Dooyeweerd's §12-1.11
my interpretation of 131+ 310
transcendental issues/problems §6-3.1+ 133-8+ 139+ 142+ 143+ 144+ 150+ 151+ 219+ 306
transcendental idealism 126
transcendental subjectivism 125
trust 61+ 205+ 224
multi-aspectual nature of Figure 11.4
researching §11-4.4+ §11-7.5
trusting Dooyeweerd's aspects §9-4
truth 4+ 6+ 7+ 33+ §6-1+ §6-4+ 202+ passim
as belief by perspective 6+ 128
Dooyeweerd's view of 34+ §6-1.3+ §6-4
philosophical views of §6-1.2
of research findings 66+ 128
see also non-neutrality of theoretical thought
Twitter 11+ 149
Two Cultures (C.P. Snow) 3
type law 74+ 80
see also individuality structure; types of thing
types of meaning §4-1+ §3-11.1+ 297
types of thing §4-3.4
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Umwelt 75+ 254
understanding 4+ 6+ passim
understanding of aspects 90+ §4-3.13
the mandate of research 155
unity of diversity: see coherence of meaning(fulness)
universals 47
unsustainability 200
see sustainability
using Dooyeweerd:
at beginning and end of research §11-8.1
in data analysis §11-7
in data collection §11-6
to design questionnaires §11-6.1
to discuss research methods §11-5
in each research stage Table 11.1
in mathematics §11-8.3
in natural sciences §11-8.3
in observation §11-8.2
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value 8+ §4-3.7+ 199+ 200
grounded in meaningfulness §4-3.7
see also good and evil; research, value of
values 5
included in research content 5+ 96+ 172
and philosophy 14
studied using aspects 277+ 282+ 305
see also good and evil; normativity
viewpoint diversity 173
Vollenhoven, Dirk 106+ 116
vulnerability 61+ 205
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Weltanschauung 157+ Table 7.2+ 207+ 247+ 268
see also worldviews
Western culture 226+ 298
Western ground-motives 107+ 113
Western philosophy or thought 15+ 28+ 105+ 107+ 311
wholes 75+ 144+ 197+ 201
see also enkaptic wholes; multi-aspectual being
wider meaningfulness 35+ §6-3.5+ §7-1.4+ 96+ 155+ Figure 8.2
see also origin of meaningfulness; totality of meaningfulness
wider meaningfulness, applications of §8-1.4
wider meaningfulness, examples 153+ 155-6
Winfield, Mike v+ xxiii+ xxvii+ §11-6.2+ 267-9
Wordsworth, William 82
work-life balance 56+ 226
working together (amplification by) 197
working-well of reality 5+ 7+ 77
see also good; benefit; shalom
world 6+ passim
as reality (wider context for research) 10+ §2-2+ 57+ 102+ 132
as situations studied 25+ §2-2+ 35+ 124+ 132+ 143+ 153
as body of knowledge (Husserl) 87
world:
abstracting from 25+ §6-3.3+ (see also abstraction; theoretical thought)
diversity of 46+ 58-9+ 155
'friendly' to our knowing 90
worldviews 33+ 104+ §5-2.1+ 109+ 258
dissatisfaction with 105
generated by ground-motives 105+ 109+ 156
historical development of 105+ §5-2.4
prevailing 233+ 309
see also paradigms; Weltanschauung
worthless findings 55-6
writing research proposals 238
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Zen Koans 76
Zeno's Paradox 76+ 187