Browsing Humanities by Subject "Epistemology"
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The ontology of Operations Research and Complexity Theory : a critical analysis
(North-West University (South Africa), Potchefstroom Campus, 2015)Operations Research (OR) refers to analytical and mathematical methods of problem-solving and decision-making. The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)1 defines OR simply as “a discipline ... -
Representations of epistemological certainty and ontological ambiguity in selected earlier works by Joseph Conrad
(North-West University (South Africa), 2020)This dissertation focuses on how Joseph Conrad represents epistemological (un)certainty and ontological motifs in the Marlow texts ‘Youth, a Narrative’ (2007), Heart of Darkness (2007), Lord Jim (2007) and Chance (2008). ... -
The science of Public Administration: a theoretical and meta-theoretical enquiry
(North-West University (South Africa), 2021)Throughout the spatio-temporal span of just over thirteen decades that account for Public Administration’s existence, many scholars of this field of study bewailed the loss of an almost achieved scientific status. In ...