Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research

This edited volume provides a comprehensive examination of the philosophical foundations of mixed methods research. It offers new defences of six main approaches, including pragmatism, dialectical pluralism and critical realism, written by leading mixed methods researchers.

Yafeng Shan is Assistant Professor of Philosophy of Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong. His books include Evidential Pluralism in the Social Sciences (Routledge, 2023).

1. Assessing Philosophical Foundations of Mixed Methods Research; Part I. Thus Spoke Researchers 2. A Pragmatist Approach to Mixed Methods Research 3. The Philosophical Foundations of a Transformative Approach to Mixed Methods 4. Philosophical Underpinnings of Mixed Methods: Decolonizing Evaluation Practice through Decolonising Paradigms 5. The Dialectic Stance: Navigating Difference 6. Dialectical Pluralism and Integration in Mixed Methods Research 7. A Performative Approach to Mixed Methods Research 8. A Realist Approach for Mixed Methods Research; Part II. Thus Spoke Philosophers 9. Mixed Methods Research and Deweyan Pragmatism Reconsidered 10. Mixed Methods Research and Critical Realism Reconsidered 11. Mixed Methods and Causal Ontology 12. Evidential Partnerships and Multi-method Research in Political Science: Methodological, Evidential, and Causal Pluralisms