BUSI710
Philosophical
Worldview
Liberty University
BUSI710: Foundations of Applied Research
Methods
Philosophical
Worldview
There are four philosophical worldviews that exist. They are positivism, post-positivism,
constructionism, and pragmatic. Of the four pragmatic is the one the closely correlates to my
philosophical worldview. A rational worldview is founded on the belief that observation and reasoning
are more successful at understanding human behavior (Robson & McCartan, 2016). The reality of the
world in which we work and live is the pillar of understanding.
Which philosophical worldview most closely aligns with your perspective and the way that you
view problems in the world? How so?
The pragmatic ideology must be the one with which I am most in tune. The realistic approach,
according to Robson and McCartan (2016), “indicates a concern for practical matters; being motivated by
practical practice rather than theory.” When someone is characterized as pragmatic, I interpret this to
mean that they use common sense rather than books or theories to solve problems. Through
researching and describing how people react to the world in which they live, pragmatic constructivism
also offers frameworks for conceptualizing how practitioners can effectively construct themselves in
relation to the business environment and conducting analytical qualitative analysis (Norreklit, 2016).
How does understanding the connection between philosophical worldview and research
methodology assist in your research approach?
The pragmatic viewpoint uses several approaches to analyze ideas from diverse worldviews. This,
I believe, makes it a very realistic method of achieving reliable results. This method was discovered as
part of five focus areas of the challenges in an inflammatory bowel research study, which also includes
Philosophical
Worldview
Liberty University
BUSI710: Foundations of Applied Research
Methods
Philosophical
Worldview
There are four philosophical worldviews that exist. They are positivism, post-positivism,
constructionism, and pragmatic. Of the four pragmatic is the one the closely correlates to my
philosophical worldview. A rational worldview is founded on the belief that observation and reasoning
are more successful at understanding human behavior (Robson & McCartan, 2016). The reality of the
world in which we work and live is the pillar of understanding.
Which philosophical worldview most closely aligns with your perspective and the way that you
view problems in the world? How so?
The pragmatic ideology must be the one with which I am most in tune. The realistic approach,
according to Robson and McCartan (2016), “indicates a concern for practical matters; being motivated by
practical practice rather than theory.” When someone is characterized as pragmatic, I interpret this to
mean that they use common sense rather than books or theories to solve problems. Through
researching and describing how people react to the world in which they live, pragmatic constructivism
also offers frameworks for conceptualizing how practitioners can effectively construct themselves in
relation to the business environment and conducting analytical qualitative analysis (Norreklit, 2016).
How does understanding the connection between philosophical worldview and research
methodology assist in your research approach?
The pragmatic viewpoint uses several approaches to analyze ideas from diverse worldviews. This,
I believe, makes it a very realistic method of achieving reliable results. This method was discovered as
part of five focus areas of the challenges in an inflammatory bowel research study, which also includes
