THEME 6
Hi,
I agree with you on case studies being efficient but not always! Case studies are for example efficient when researching a rare unexplored phenomena but less efficient when you are trying to to prove a theory or test a hypothesis. When you talk about questionnaires I believe you mean it being a quantitative method? Qualitative refers to methods where you can achieve a deeper and broader knowledge about the participants through for example interviews.
Nice conclusion at the end. You could also add that case studies also provides you with tools needed to further investigate and gain knowledge for further research within that field.
Good job!
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Hi,
well written and interesting reflection. I think you have amnaged to bring up the key points from this week. What makes your reflection most interesting is that you mention that the number of participants doesn't matter. I agree with you on that it is only the method that decides whether it was a quantitative or qualitative method. This was something new to me as well. But I feel that you did a good job explaining it. Just to add on your case study reflection the studies focuses on something specific and looks to find something that distinguish it. Would have been fun what it was that you did not understand from previous about case studies.
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well written and interesting reflection. I think you have amnaged to bring up the key points from this week. What makes your reflection most interesting is that you mention that the number of participants doesn't matter. I agree with you on that it is only the method that decides whether it was a quantitative or qualitative method. This was something new to me as well. But I feel that you did a good job explaining it. Just to add on your case study reflection the studies focuses on something specific and looks to find something that distinguish it. Would have been fun what it was that you did not understand from previous about case studies.
http://elindm2572.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-6-reflections.html?showComment=1445873283280
Hi,
I experienced the same feelings towards this theme. Case studies was the hardest part to grasp for me as well. As I understood it a case study is not the same as a qualitative nor quantitative study. A case study is a research strategy rather than a research method. But it can use the research method such as qualitative when conducting the study to help gain knowledge about the field investigated or a theory that can lead to understanding if it's worth further investigation. Otherwise great job on writing your last theme reflection! Keep up the good job on the last post this week!
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I experienced the same feelings towards this theme. Case studies was the hardest part to grasp for me as well. As I understood it a case study is not the same as a qualitative nor quantitative study. A case study is a research strategy rather than a research method. But it can use the research method such as qualitative when conducting the study to help gain knowledge about the field investigated or a theory that can lead to understanding if it's worth further investigation. Otherwise great job on writing your last theme reflection! Keep up the good job on the last post this week!
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Hi!
thanks for sharing your interesting reflection. I totally agree on case studies being the hardest part to fully grasp. But you managed to point some good points. To add to that a case study is conducted to show if there is a possibility to see if there is more to investigate and gain knowledge on how to further develop your conducted research. You have a done a good job explaining qualitative studies in a easy way for me to understand and agree upon. Keep it up!
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Hi!
It's been interesting reading your reflection. Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods in a case study is something that was not discussed during our seminar. Very interesting to read about. I do believe that they are very useful toI would like to add that I don't believe it is comparable to a quantitative or qualitative method but more as a strategy approach for a research.
Keep it up!
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Hi! I feel that you have understood the last theme very well and made a good reflection. It's important as you say that a method does not define a case study. A case study is a research strategy where you can use the methods as a guidance and help during the investigation process. I really like your connection to 9/11 as a good example for a case study. To add to your thoughts on that, 9/11 was a rare attack and therefor something that is good to be investigated with a case study. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
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Hi!
I like how you have divided your post into qualitative research and case studies, makes it really easy to follow your thoughts. Something I found to be interesting from our seminar is that case studies are not only used to develop new theories as you mentioned but also to gain knowledge about a field. This makes case studies a good tool to use if you would like to investigates something that you would like to more about since case studies are about investigating the full complexity of a field. When you say stand out, do you mean that you should choose a study about something that stands out or is rare? In that case I agree, but I'm not sure about the case study having to stand out.
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Hi,
I agree with you on missing the seminars since I felt that they gave me a better and deeper understanding of some hard concepts in previous themes. You have done a good job pointing out the main points from Haibo’s lecture, but I do feel you could have further elaborated on your own thoughts about it. I also felt that the bear example was a good one to make us understand that new perspectives brings out new solutions.
Sorry to hear that you missed the second lecture. What I felt where the main concepts was why prototypes are useful and that the research purpose is to gain knowledge, so it does not need to solve anything. He also mentioned that it is not a method that conduct something into a research, but the analysis.
Keep it up!
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Hi!
You have managed to write a great reflection really pointing out the key concepts and things about this theme. I like how you also manage to connect to previous themes and learning. It reminds me as well and helps connect a few things. It's really interesting that you explain Why a case study can not be based on a hypothesis being because it doesn't have enough knowledge about the field prior the case study to make a hypothesis. This was something I had not fully understood, I knew that they could not be based on hypothesis but not why. Thanks for sharing that.
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Hi!
I can really relate to your thoughts on thinking that Ilias stating it is not the number of participants that defines a method being quantitative or qualitative, but rather how the research is conducted and by which methods. That helped me understand the difference better. We also had examples of when a research can be quantitative but yet only applied to only one participants. For example if one were to have a very rare decease. Just to add on your thoughts about case study, yes they are often used to create new theories but they don't necessary need to do this they can also only be about gaining new knowledge and opening up to further investigation. Keep up the good work for the last posting!!
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Hi!
After reading your pre and post it feels that you have developed your knowledge after this theme. However I do agree that maybe our understanding and reflection on this weeks theme could have been enhanced by having seminars since there were some concepts that were harder to grasp than others.
It's interesting that you feel that the second lecture was more focusing on research and therefor was a better lecture. Because I felt that the lecture being a bit improvised ruined it a little bit, but you make a good point and I do agree with you if it only was better structured!
I also picked up that it is the analysis that turns something into research. A method only defines how data is collected and it's not until the data is analyzed that research is being conducted.
Keep it up!
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Hi!
You have managed to write a really good and coherent reflection of theme 5. It's easy to read and follow what you have picked up from this theme. To add about Haibo's lecture I also felt that he wanted to point out that in order to define a complex problem you also need to look at it from different perspective. His bear example was really good, which showed that by only taking a step back and really understanding the problem you can more easily come up with the best solution.
Keep up the good work!
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Hi,
I agree with you on missing the seminars since I felt that they gave me a better and deeper understanding of some hard concepts in previous themes. You have done a good job pointing out the main points from Haibo’s lecture, but I do feel you could have further elaborated on your own thoughts about it. I also felt that the bear example was a good one to make us understand that new perspectives brings out new solutions.
Sorry to hear that you missed the second lecture. What I felt where the main concepts was why prototypes are useful and that the research purpose is to gain knowledge, so it does not need to solve anything. He also mentioned that it is not a method that conduct something into a research, but the analysis.
Keep it up!
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I like how you have divided your post into qualitative research and case studies, makes it really easy to follow your thoughts. Something I found to be interesting from our seminar is that case studies are not only used to develop new theories as you mentioned but also to gain knowledge about a field. This makes case studies a good tool to use if you would like to investigates something that you would like to more about since case studies are about investigating the full complexity of a field. When you say stand out, do you mean that you should choose a study about something that stands out or is rare? In that case I agree, but I'm not sure about the case study having to stand out.
http://fromplatotocasestudies.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-6-reflections.html?showComment=1445875289238#c9192742748870439473
Hi,
I agree with you on missing the seminars since I felt that they gave me a better and deeper understanding of some hard concepts in previous themes. You have done a good job pointing out the main points from Haibo’s lecture, but I do feel you could have further elaborated on your own thoughts about it. I also felt that the bear example was a good one to make us understand that new perspectives brings out new solutions.
Sorry to hear that you missed the second lecture. What I felt where the main concepts was why prototypes are useful and that the research purpose is to gain knowledge, so it does not need to solve anything. He also mentioned that it is not a method that conduct something into a research, but the analysis.
Keep it up!
https://tmmkappa.wordpress.com/2015/10/11/theme-5-post-reflection-2/comment-page-1/#comment-27
Hi!
You have managed to write a great reflection really pointing out the key concepts and things about this theme. I like how you also manage to connect to previous themes and learning. It reminds me as well and helps connect a few things. It's really interesting that you explain Why a case study can not be based on a hypothesis being because it doesn't have enough knowledge about the field prior the case study to make a hypothesis. This was something I had not fully understood, I knew that they could not be based on hypothesis but not why. Thanks for sharing that.
http://denise-theoryandmethod.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-6-qualitative-and-case-study_19.html?showComment=1445877309207#c3951740357053576657
Hi!
I can really relate to your thoughts on thinking that Ilias stating it is not the number of participants that defines a method being quantitative or qualitative, but rather how the research is conducted and by which methods. That helped me understand the difference better. We also had examples of when a research can be quantitative but yet only applied to only one participants. For example if one were to have a very rare decease. Just to add on your thoughts about case study, yes they are often used to create new theories but they don't necessary need to do this they can also only be about gaining new knowledge and opening up to further investigation. Keep up the good work for the last posting!!
http://remarkableathenianyouth.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/post-qualitative-research-or-its-all-in.html?showComment=1445876083172#c5062573903489078331
After reading your pre and post it feels that you have developed your knowledge after this theme. However I do agree that maybe our understanding and reflection on this weeks theme could have been enhanced by having seminars since there were some concepts that were harder to grasp than others.
It's interesting that you feel that the second lecture was more focusing on research and therefor was a better lecture. Because I felt that the lecture being a bit improvised ruined it a little bit, but you make a good point and I do agree with you if it only was better structured!
I also picked up that it is the analysis that turns something into research. A method only defines how data is collected and it's not until the data is analyzed that research is being conducted.
Keep it up!
http://remarkableathenianyouth.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/post-design-research-or-how-to-define.html?showComment=1445256319636#c1738016823403678600
Hi!
You have managed to write a really good and coherent reflection of theme 5. It's easy to read and follow what you have picked up from this theme. To add about Haibo's lecture I also felt that he wanted to point out that in order to define a complex problem you also need to look at it from different perspective. His bear example was really good, which showed that by only taking a step back and really understanding the problem you can more easily come up with the best solution.
Keep up the good work!
http://denise-theoryandmethod.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-5-design-research-22.html?showComment=1445256890150#c1763884497876830401
Hi,
I agree with you on missing the seminars since I felt that they gave me a better and deeper understanding of some hard concepts in previous themes. You have done a good job pointing out the main points from Haibo’s lecture, but I do feel you could have further elaborated on your own thoughts about it. I also felt that the bear example was a good one to make us understand that new perspectives brings out new solutions.
Sorry to hear that you missed the second lecture. What I felt where the main concepts was why prototypes are useful and that the research purpose is to gain knowledge, so it does not need to solve anything. He also mentioned that it is not a method that conduct something into a research, but the analysis.
Keep it up!
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Hi!
You have managed to make a really good reflection from the first lecture pointing out the main points that I also felt where the one that I felt most helpful to keep in mind. Interesting point you felt to bring up about the salesman and researchers skills needed to be combined in order to manage having a good pitch. I agree on that, and I feel that sometimes as an engineer student we tend to have more courses where the focus is on building the idea and less on the talking and selling part. The rpecious comments have added the main parts of the second lecture, the only thing I could add would be that the purpose of prototyping is primarily gaining knowledge when it comes to design research. Nice work on adding to your own pre reflections it really shows that you have taken the time to reflect on the whole theme from beginning to end. Keep it up!
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Hi,
it really shows that you have understood Haibo's lecture really well. As you wrote, I agree on that understanding the problem is much more important than only finding a solution because when you have fully understood the whole complexity of the problem finding a solution is really simple. And in order to fully understand a problem it's also important to try and see the problem from new perspectives, which Haibo tried to make us understand with the bear story. I felt the same as you on it being hard to grasp the second lecture. Much of what was said about research felt that we had already talked about it in the first lecture. Do you feel that a seminar would have maybe enhanced your learning from this week or the second lecture?
http://cloudsong223.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-5after-design-research.html?showComment=1445193493721
It's nice that you brought up the bear story, it's was a great example used to make a point during the lecture showing how different perspective can help you really understand what the actual problem is and then find a solution. As you, I felt that the second lecture was very unrehearsed and unorganized. It made it really hard to grasp the point for me as well. Something I found was new with that lecture was that prototype doesn't have to have the purpose to solve anything but could also be to only help gain knowledge as well. Was it something in particular you did not understand? Would have been good if you further developed your thoughts on that as well.
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Hi,
very well written reflection . I feel that even if we missed the opportunity to discuss within seminar groups about the lectures it really shows that you have taken the time to reflect on the main points of the lectures. I agree with you on the first lecture being better as the second one felt more unrehearsed and due to that felt harder to grasp. Also good job on pointing out your misunderstanding from the first blog post. About the 90% vs 10%, it was something that stuck to me as well from Haibo's lecture. Thinking about it now it would be important to maybe take those numbers lightly since they we're not proven to be an exact fact proven, but as a figurative saying.
Keep it up!
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Hi,
even if you missed one lecture I felt that you did a good job portraying the main points from the lecture. Worth mentioning is that he even went through a couple of steps such as how you should think when choosing, validating, evaluating and marketing your idea. If you are interested these could be good headlines to use when researching more about prototyping. As mentioned I don't agree on the difference on the research and industrial prototypes. One primarily difference although is that when using prototypes in design research it's primarily to gain knowledge. Keep up the good work!
You have managed to make a really good reflection from the first lecture pointing out the main points that I also felt where the one that I felt most helpful to keep in mind. Interesting point you felt to bring up about the salesman and researchers skills needed to be combined in order to manage having a good pitch. I agree on that, and I feel that sometimes as an engineer student we tend to have more courses where the focus is on building the idea and less on the talking and selling part. The rpecious comments have added the main parts of the second lecture, the only thing I could add would be that the purpose of prototyping is primarily gaining knowledge when it comes to design research. Nice work on adding to your own pre reflections it really shows that you have taken the time to reflect on the whole theme from beginning to end. Keep it up!
http://fromplatotocasestudies.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-5-reflections.html?showComment=1445194305742#c2480368551393217485
Hi,
it really shows that you have understood Haibo's lecture really well. As you wrote, I agree on that understanding the problem is much more important than only finding a solution because when you have fully understood the whole complexity of the problem finding a solution is really simple. And in order to fully understand a problem it's also important to try and see the problem from new perspectives, which Haibo tried to make us understand with the bear story. I felt the same as you on it being hard to grasp the second lecture. Much of what was said about research felt that we had already talked about it in the first lecture. Do you feel that a seminar would have maybe enhanced your learning from this week or the second lecture?
http://cloudsong223.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-5after-design-research.html?showComment=1445193493721
It's nice that you brought up the bear story, it's was a great example used to make a point during the lecture showing how different perspective can help you really understand what the actual problem is and then find a solution. As you, I felt that the second lecture was very unrehearsed and unorganized. It made it really hard to grasp the point for me as well. Something I found was new with that lecture was that prototype doesn't have to have the purpose to solve anything but could also be to only help gain knowledge as well. Was it something in particular you did not understand? Would have been good if you further developed your thoughts on that as well.
http://u1ifqcuc.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-5-design-research-after.html?showComment=1445192445089#c7389566241983891270
Hi,
very well written reflection . I feel that even if we missed the opportunity to discuss within seminar groups about the lectures it really shows that you have taken the time to reflect on the main points of the lectures. I agree with you on the first lecture being better as the second one felt more unrehearsed and due to that felt harder to grasp. Also good job on pointing out your misunderstanding from the first blog post. About the 90% vs 10%, it was something that stuck to me as well from Haibo's lecture. Thinking about it now it would be important to maybe take those numbers lightly since they we're not proven to be an exact fact proven, but as a figurative saying.
Keep it up!
http://elindm2572.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-5-reflection.html?showComment=1445191496063
Hi,
even if you missed one lecture I felt that you did a good job portraying the main points from the lecture. Worth mentioning is that he even went through a couple of steps such as how you should think when choosing, validating, evaluating and marketing your idea. If you are interested these could be good headlines to use when researching more about prototyping. As mentioned I don't agree on the difference on the research and industrial prototypes. One primarily difference although is that when using prototypes in design research it's primarily to gain knowledge. Keep up the good work!
http://reb2572.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-5-design-research_12.html?showComment=1445189477990#c4577793794718629324
Hi Lisa!
Such a thorough reflection you have written. You have really managed to point out the most important parts and the point of lectures. I myself had a bit difficulties understanding the second lecture. I liked what you wrote on the money aspect of coming up with an idea. I agree, although I can also see a person building something only based on personal interests and never reaching that feeling of complete satisfaction. Sometimes when you like something too much you put so much effort in it that you always want to keep improving it. Would you agree on that? Maybe a good way to avoid such situation are working in project groups with defined deadlines.
Good work mate!
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Hi!
I agree in having gained more knowledge after the lecturer although the theme was pretty hard. I noticed that you pointed out something that I also found to be very interesting. When Haibo said that the main focus is to define the problem and then at the end coming up with a solution. I had no idea that you should prioritize put as much as 90% effort in defining the problem, but thinking about it it does make sense. Because when you know the problem in every detail possible you can easily see the solution that are needed to be made. Do you also agree with him on this point?
Good job!
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THEME 4
Hi!
I have to also disagree on that qualitative methods are unreliable. I do however understand your point on the being maybe less reliable than quantitative methods. And this is because qualitative research requires more from the researcher, the person needs to be well educated to be able to do its best on being objective. Even though nobody can be fully objective there are methods and knowledge on how to minimize your own impact on the participants answers. So therefor I believe qualitative methods can definitely be reliable. Its fun that you also mention qualitative methods a lot even though the theme is quantitative research. I also felt that this theme merged into that concept as well.
http://cloudsong223.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-4after-quantitative-research.html?showComment=1444592865287
Hi!
Fun reading your reflection! I couldn't agree more with you on that having written my thesis made this theme pretty easy and also less educational. I believe the majority felt this way from what I've read on others blogposts about this week. In the end you mentioned that you tried coming up with examples where both quantitative and qualitative methods are used. Did you manage to find any examples or did you feel it was hard?
If you felt you didn't come up with a example on that and you are interested in my post blog I've mentioned an example of that.
Keep it up!
http://u1ifqcuc.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-4-quantitative-research-after.html?showComment=1444592324209#c7058798674646006300
Hello there!
I'll start of by saying that your reflection is well written and connected to this week making it easy to understand your experience of this theme. I found it interesting that your group managed to discussed your chosen text. Did you feel somewhat limitations on not agreeing on opinion towards benefits and limitations or errors of the papers since you did not read each others? Because this is something I felt, I did not really have much to add to what my group members mentioned about their papers since I had not read theirs.
I'm not sure I agree on your point on having to categorize when using quantitative methods. For example you can also leave one alternative to an open anser. For example you give alternative answers and at the end you also put "Other" as an alternative for the participants to fill in what they want that maybe you did not take into consideration. But this can be easily missed and is best avoided by doing a testing of the e.g. questionnaire.
Keep it up!!
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Hi! your reflection shows that you have taken a good time on your thoughts about this theme. Would be interesting to know if your previous knowledge came from writing a thesis or if you have done something els where you have learned these concepts. The majority that have written their thesis seemed to feel the same way. I especially liked the sentence where you summarize your groups conclusion on what decided which method is the more suitable for a research. And I agree on it depending on the research question and what it is that you want to understand better! You also brought up a very important point on testing your questions before distributing them to the participants. Because a mistake such as bad formulated question open for misunderstanding could cost the researcher both money, time and reliable data. Keep it up!!
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Hi!
Totally agree on this week being pretty straight forward which made the seminar discussion mostly agreeing on everything since this subject does have a right and wrong answer. It's good that you point out that quantitative methods are easier to understand "without too much effort". I agree on this point, do you believe that will reflect on future working situations where we would use quantitative instead of qualitative methods to make it more easy and reliable?
Yes, you are right on that when conducting a quantitative research you need to put a lot of thought into your questions in order to make them as objective as possible and not misunderstood. I think a good way to avoid this would be testing your e.g. questionnaire before sending it to the real participants.
Keep it up!!
http://reb2572.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/post-theme-4.html?showComment=1444590416484#c2487734241899683937
Hi!
First of, your reflection is really easy to read and very informative at the same time giving me a good picture of your thoughts on the weeks theme! You start of by saying that this theme was all about quantitative research. But I felt that it was a bit of a mixture with qualitative as well. Partly because of the pre post question on advantages and disadvantages of qualitative methods but also since the method was brought and discussed about during my seminar.
It is interesting that you bring up Wicked problems. We did not discuss this during our seminar so it was really interesting learning more about it from your reflection! Thank you for that.
Keep it up!!
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Hi!
I totally agree with you on us having pre knowledge on the research methods made this theme a bit less educational. I did not really think about it but I do agree on that if it is something that I learnt then it is me not having as much knowledge on qualitative methods as I do on quantitative methods. It must be due to our studying field. We are surrounded by numbers all the time, making a statistical graph on data is easypease. I think this will reflect on our future jobs as well, where probably quantitative data will feel more reliable. What do you think?
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Hello mate!
I really enjoyed you reflection. It shows that you have taken your time to really reflect on what you have learned after the pre post and as well during the lecture and seminar. I did not attend the same seminar as you so I found your thoughts on your groups discussion very interesting! I only had one comment on the statement where you say that "if you have the question “why" it should be qualitative.". I believe you can answer the question why through qualitative methods as well. A good example is that you can ask iPad user through a questionnaire "For what purpose do you use your iPad?" in that way you get the answer to why they used. Although quantitative methods limits you on the answer to why when meanwhile qualitative methods allow you to dig deeper on the answer. Overall really good job, keep it up!!
http://dm2572lisa.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-4-reflection-post.html?showComment=1444588286489#c8136176625006897008
Hi!
Nice reflection! I read your pre post, I only had one comment. You wrote that quantitative methods can not answer the question why. I do believe they can answer those question but in a limited way. As which the qualitative method can dig deeper on the answer. For example on a questionnaire for iPad users you could ask the question "For what purpose did you buy your iPad?" then they could choose multiple answers to why they bought it. So you could get the answer to why but it limits you to dig deeper on that answer through a quantitative method.
We did not talk about wicked problem, fun that you brought it up could be interesting for me to look it up now :)
Keep it up!
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Hi,
I agree on what you wrote about feeling that you didn't get as much out of this theme because of already having worked with these methods. I think that the thing about getting a result that is out of plan is the advantages with qualitative methods. They open up to new perspective and inputs that the researcher had not taken into consideration. And also allows us to dig deeper when conducting the research on participants.
Interesting and fun to know about your company trusting numbers more than qualitative results. I had not really thought of it being liked that. Did you feel that the complementing quantitative method was unnecessary for the research but only needed for the company?
http://ixxzw.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-3-after.html?showComment=1444586585445#c6604299899928149970
THEME 3
Hi!
I really liked your reflection. You have managed to connect to previous themes in a good and interesting way! I agree with you on theory not being able to be proven true. This was something I had not thought about before this theme and something interesting to learn. Theory can only be disapproved, which makes me wonder is there anything at all that is true? I believe this is also why we can not say if a theory is good or bad. When doing your research and deciding on a theory it is really hard to be absolutely certain on that you have not missed anything that made the result change. So how are we to ever say that a theory is perfect?
Good job!
http://alexisdm2572.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-3-post-seminar.html?showComment=1443970115578#c2817726083968618147
Hi!
Nice reflection on your thoughts of this theme. I wish you would have explained more about your thoughts on the difference between scientific and philosophical theory. What was it that you didn't understand and which attributes do you feel are the same in both types of theories?
I understand theory in another way, it's not really that we can't define it so that everybody agrees but more that we can not prove it be "true". There are so many things that can affect a research and the theory and it can never be said that a theory is "true". I still believe a hole group can believe in it but it doesn't necessarily make it "true" due to other factors.
Keep up the good job.
http://theoryandmethodmediatechnology.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-3-research-and-theory-after.html?showComment=1443973065162#c6845051257299434530
Hi!
Good reflection bringing up the keywords from this theme. I can relate to you saying that the word theory had a different meaning before this theme. I also feel that my understanding of it has broaden. I also noticed that we used the same quote from Leif's lecture, which I also felt was really straight forward and easy to understand.
Your distinction between hypothesis and theory is good. Worth mentioning is that a theory is built on a hypothesis that can be tested and something you can reason around and argue about. Good job!
http://stinazwahlen.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-3-post-reflection.html?showComment=1443975264100#c4448432799700335861
Hi!
I really enjoyed reading your reflections! You have managed to bring up some really good points from this theme. I agree with you on the lecture being a bit to open for conclusion, I also felt that I didn't get any new conclusion or information only interpretations. I also like how you mention that "a paradigm shift doesn't occur from mere opinion", which was something we also discussed. I think it was interesting that the reason for this is that it's always easier to convince someone of something they don't know anything about than convincing them that something they already believe in is incorrect. Keep up the good job!
http://dm2572rberggre.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/this-theme-was-about-understanding.html?showComment=1443979574071
Hi!
Great reflection, with good points and a clear structure. I agree on being a bit confused of the meaning of theory before this theme. So fun reading that you also felt that you managed to get a clearer picture of what it actually means. Something worth mentioning is that a theory is also build on a hypothesis that can be tested. I also liked your opinion on that revising is necessary for advancement. Questioning an already existing theory and making your new theory credible is really hard but it is what leads to paradigm shifts. Great job, keep it up!
http://butlikewhyisit.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-3-reflection.html?showComment=1443982270185#c2475204425427087135
Hi! Enjoyed reading your reflections! I relate to thinking that theory only explains how things work, but I've now understood that it is more answering to questions as to "Why thing are as they are" . I agree with you on the paper being hard to connect to one theory. I also felt it being hard helping or giving my group members in the seminar good feedback since I hadn't read their papers. Did you also felt this was an obstacle for discussion in your group?
http://dm2572elvira.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-3-research-and-theory-post-seminar.html?showComment=1443984236887#c7108538009846574504
Hi!
As soon as I read your sentence "As long as you have a theory that you can test then it is a prediction" . I thought it would be worth mentioning that a theory that can be tested is built on a hypothesis and this is why a prediction theory makes it possible to create a theory since they formulate hypothesis. I totally agreed on the your statement of it being hard to discuss during the seminar since we all read different papers. But from reading your reflection you seem to have gained some better understanding on some things! Keep up the good work!
http://dm2572lisa.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-3-refection-post.html?showComment=1443985966624#c4670472695796848614
Hi!
During my seminar something that was mentioned and highlighted was that a hypotheses and theories can never proven, only supported by evidence. Scientists can only falsify or support a theory or hypothesis when doing a research. So I'm not sure you can say that a suitable hypothesis can be approved. Or how did you mean ? Maybe yuo meant that a hypothesis can be accepted by people?
Great job on the reflection!
http://amlinden.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-3-reflection.html?showComment=1443988238737
Hi!
I read your pre blogpost on this theme. You did a good job on explaining your choice of paper, and it seems interesting to read. Although I felt it would have been interesting knowing more about your own thoughts regarding their choice of things such as methods , errors and so on. I totally agree with you on the important issue of the week being theory. In my seminar we also put a lot of time explaining the difference between hypothesis and theory. You have explained theory in a way I can easily understand and relate to! Keep up the good work!
http://fromplatotocasestudies.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-3-reflections.html?showComment=1443988814650#c8583825929889422534
Hi!
Enjoyed reading your post on theme 3! You have managed to grasp the key concepts of this theme really well. A good quote from Leifs lecture is "A theory is a set of propositions that aims to identify (abstract) objects and their relation to each other.". I also had troubles understanding the point of the "what is man" question during the lecture but after a while I connected it to that quote. By this I mean that the point was that a theory is just a set of propositions and that question raised just that, a set of propositions. Thanks for sharing, keep it up!!
http://ixxzw.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-3-after-seminar.html?showComment=1443992050591#c6935929287868529940
THEME 2
I like your reflection. It seems that you have really taken the time to reflect on what we have learned and more importantly why. You have summarized this theme very well by using a structure that makes it easy to follow how your thoughts and opinions have developed. I agree with you on that there are never any real answers when it comes to the topics of Theme 1. And if we can or can't be objective is definitely a head-scratcher. I don't believe that someone can be completely objective since we all have a subconsciousness as you say. But then what is objective enough?
I liked your connection of this theme to our field! Something I myself didn't think about doing at all and could try to do for the next theme.
http://butlikewhyisit.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-1-reflection.html?showComment=1442770293118#c4552663929902548348
Hello fellow blogger,
I also underestimated the amount of reading for this theme and got started to late. But you learn from your mistakes!
Fun reading that you did manage to get some clarity after the lecture and able to write this reflection based on that. I think that this reflection is a really opportunity to write about what you have learned. And it would've been interesting to know your reflections on what you think the point of this theme was. As an example what was the purpose with the texts we read and where do you stand on those points of view.
Really good question about the cup! Too bad you didn't get the opportunity to ask it during the seminar. Keep up the good work!
http://suchapriori.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/post-theme-1-reflection.html?showComment=1442771488478#c7267494159456724729
Hello fellow blogger!
Great summarize of this theme. You have manage to reflect on your process of learning as well as on what you have learned. I think that it's a great method to study by reading and at the same time writing down questions so that you can discuss these later on the seminars, which as I've understood are for that purpose, to clarify the things we didn't manage to understand on our own. It seems that you have learned very much and also developed your perspective on how we perceive the world.
Keep up the good work!
http://vadfinnsegentligen.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-1-reflection.html?showComment=1442773072909#c6357064191087755522
Hello fellow blogger!
I actually missed this theme's seminar. Therefor I found your reflection being very informative and fun to read. You brought many things good things to think about before and during a seminar, such as writing down questions when reading and also the importance of actively discussing with other students. I had a really hard time understanding the meaning of Kant's categories, the two question you mentioned that you talked about seem very relevant and interesting to discuss! As for these topics I think that there never really exists any straight forward answers so I definitely understand that they were really hard to answer. Just out of curiosity it would have been fun knowing what your or the classes arguments were on that subject.
Keep up the good work!
http://elindm2572.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-1-reflection.html?showComment=1442774006701
Hello fellow blogger!
I agree with previous comment on what you wrote about a priori and a posteriori. Although I think that you just misplaced the example that you wrote on a priori since you do explain that a priori is something that we do not need to examine to confirm, meanwhile a posteriori is something that we actually have to experience or investigate on our own.
You have explained many parts of this theme in a good and easy way to understand. You bring out the things that I also thought were the main learning point. Such as learning to seeking an answer but instead discussing and thinking.
Keep up the good reflections!
http://dm2572lisa.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-1-reflection-post.html?showComment=1442777064127#c1972290716472350780
Hello fellow blogger!
I like how you focus on the main things that you've learned from this theme! Your explanation and reflection is really easy to understand and interesting to read. Thank you for writing about the table, I had some trouble understanding this and your way of connecting it to that objects must conform to our cognition is a great way of explaining it.
Keep up the good reflections!
http://cloudsong223.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-1-after-theory-of-knowledge-and.html?showComment=1442779478268
Hello fellow blogger!
You've managed to make a good summarize on this theme. The ending with the comparison of Plato and Kant point of view is a very good ending to sum up the two text we read. It would have been interesting. It would have been interesting knowing reading more about your own personal thought, how you perceived the text, lecture, seminar or just the whole theme. Did you feel that you made any progress, what helped and what not?
http://theandme15.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-1-theory-of-knowledge-and-theory.html?showComment=1442785292332#c2809355533440340380
Hello fellow blogger!
Good job on writing a brief but yet very informative reflection. You've understood a priori and a posteriori very well and your explanation is really easy to read and understand. I can relate to not having any strong interests for philosophy before this theme and that this theme made me change my feelings towards philosophy. You're right on that everything is just an perception, therefor everybody have their own and this philosophy can't really have an correct answer to anything.
Keep up the good work!
http://blog4course99.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/reflection-of-theme-1.html?showComment=1442786932920
Hi!
A well written reflection with a good structure making it easy to follow your points of view and understanding of this theme. I agree with you saying that we can never really be completely objective when looking at the world. My thoughts are that humans have a subconscious which makes it hard for us to know if we are truly being objective or affected by our subconscious.
I also found a priori and Kant's categories to be hard to grasp. But I felt that googling and reading other sources cleared it up a bit for me.
http://theoatmeth.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-1-post-seminar.html?showComment=1442846738944#c2056899052111197761
Hi!
Nice reflection on this theme! I think you did a smart thing by reading the text and then turning to other sources since there were a lot of hard concepts to understand.
You explain and connect Plato and Kants text in a good way, especially when you connect it to when Kants categories fall into use. It's easy to follow your thoughts and development after this theme. Keep up the good work!
http://duckyduckyducky.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/post-seminar-theme-1.html?showComment=1442847099943#c8693925832780614734
Hi Lisa!
Such a thorough reflection you have written. You have really managed to point out the most important parts and the point of lectures. I myself had a bit difficulties understanding the second lecture. I liked what you wrote on the money aspect of coming up with an idea. I agree, although I can also see a person building something only based on personal interests and never reaching that feeling of complete satisfaction. Sometimes when you like something too much you put so much effort in it that you always want to keep improving it. Would you agree on that? Maybe a good way to avoid such situation are working in project groups with defined deadlines.
Good work mate!
http://dm2572lisa.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-5-reflection-post.html?showComment=1445025165546#c2563761665655288530
Hi!
I agree in having gained more knowledge after the lecturer although the theme was pretty hard. I noticed that you pointed out something that I also found to be very interesting. When Haibo said that the main focus is to define the problem and then at the end coming up with a solution. I had no idea that you should prioritize put as much as 90% effort in defining the problem, but thinking about it it does make sense. Because when you know the problem in every detail possible you can easily see the solution that are needed to be made. Do you also agree with him on this point?
Good job!
http://ixxzw.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-5-after.html?showComment=1445022665941#c3939176215854368271
Hi!
I have to also disagree on that qualitative methods are unreliable. I do however understand your point on the being maybe less reliable than quantitative methods. And this is because qualitative research requires more from the researcher, the person needs to be well educated to be able to do its best on being objective. Even though nobody can be fully objective there are methods and knowledge on how to minimize your own impact on the participants answers. So therefor I believe qualitative methods can definitely be reliable. Its fun that you also mention qualitative methods a lot even though the theme is quantitative research. I also felt that this theme merged into that concept as well.
http://cloudsong223.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-4after-quantitative-research.html?showComment=1444592865287
Hi!
Fun reading your reflection! I couldn't agree more with you on that having written my thesis made this theme pretty easy and also less educational. I believe the majority felt this way from what I've read on others blogposts about this week. In the end you mentioned that you tried coming up with examples where both quantitative and qualitative methods are used. Did you manage to find any examples or did you feel it was hard?
If you felt you didn't come up with a example on that and you are interested in my post blog I've mentioned an example of that.
Keep it up!
http://u1ifqcuc.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-4-quantitative-research-after.html?showComment=1444592324209#c7058798674646006300
Hello there!
I'll start of by saying that your reflection is well written and connected to this week making it easy to understand your experience of this theme. I found it interesting that your group managed to discussed your chosen text. Did you feel somewhat limitations on not agreeing on opinion towards benefits and limitations or errors of the papers since you did not read each others? Because this is something I felt, I did not really have much to add to what my group members mentioned about their papers since I had not read theirs.
I'm not sure I agree on your point on having to categorize when using quantitative methods. For example you can also leave one alternative to an open anser. For example you give alternative answers and at the end you also put "Other" as an alternative for the participants to fill in what they want that maybe you did not take into consideration. But this can be easily missed and is best avoided by doing a testing of the e.g. questionnaire.
Keep it up!!
http://elindm2572.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-4-reflection.html?showComment=1444591893113
Hi! your reflection shows that you have taken a good time on your thoughts about this theme. Would be interesting to know if your previous knowledge came from writing a thesis or if you have done something els where you have learned these concepts. The majority that have written their thesis seemed to feel the same way. I especially liked the sentence where you summarize your groups conclusion on what decided which method is the more suitable for a research. And I agree on it depending on the research question and what it is that you want to understand better! You also brought up a very important point on testing your questions before distributing them to the participants. Because a mistake such as bad formulated question open for misunderstanding could cost the researcher both money, time and reliable data. Keep it up!!
http://pargman420.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/post-seminar-reflection-4.html?showComment=1444591049162#c4652103575839128431
Hi!
Totally agree on this week being pretty straight forward which made the seminar discussion mostly agreeing on everything since this subject does have a right and wrong answer. It's good that you point out that quantitative methods are easier to understand "without too much effort". I agree on this point, do you believe that will reflect on future working situations where we would use quantitative instead of qualitative methods to make it more easy and reliable?
Yes, you are right on that when conducting a quantitative research you need to put a lot of thought into your questions in order to make them as objective as possible and not misunderstood. I think a good way to avoid this would be testing your e.g. questionnaire before sending it to the real participants.
Keep it up!!
http://reb2572.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/post-theme-4.html?showComment=1444590416484#c2487734241899683937
Hi!
First of, your reflection is really easy to read and very informative at the same time giving me a good picture of your thoughts on the weeks theme! You start of by saying that this theme was all about quantitative research. But I felt that it was a bit of a mixture with qualitative as well. Partly because of the pre post question on advantages and disadvantages of qualitative methods but also since the method was brought and discussed about during my seminar.
It is interesting that you bring up Wicked problems. We did not discuss this during our seminar so it was really interesting learning more about it from your reflection! Thank you for that.
Keep it up!!
http://butlikewhyisit.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-4-reflection.html?showComment=1444589532462#c4078088750940529217
Hi!
I totally agree with you on us having pre knowledge on the research methods made this theme a bit less educational. I did not really think about it but I do agree on that if it is something that I learnt then it is me not having as much knowledge on qualitative methods as I do on quantitative methods. It must be due to our studying field. We are surrounded by numbers all the time, making a statistical graph on data is easypease. I think this will reflect on our future jobs as well, where probably quantitative data will feel more reliable. What do you think?
http://dm2572rberggre.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-4-after.html?showComment=1444588913077
Hello mate!
I really enjoyed you reflection. It shows that you have taken your time to really reflect on what you have learned after the pre post and as well during the lecture and seminar. I did not attend the same seminar as you so I found your thoughts on your groups discussion very interesting! I only had one comment on the statement where you say that "if you have the question “why" it should be qualitative.". I believe you can answer the question why through qualitative methods as well. A good example is that you can ask iPad user through a questionnaire "For what purpose do you use your iPad?" in that way you get the answer to why they used. Although quantitative methods limits you on the answer to why when meanwhile qualitative methods allow you to dig deeper on the answer. Overall really good job, keep it up!!
http://dm2572lisa.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-4-reflection-post.html?showComment=1444588286489#c8136176625006897008
Hi!
Nice reflection! I read your pre post, I only had one comment. You wrote that quantitative methods can not answer the question why. I do believe they can answer those question but in a limited way. As which the qualitative method can dig deeper on the answer. For example on a questionnaire for iPad users you could ask the question "For what purpose did you buy your iPad?" then they could choose multiple answers to why they bought it. So you could get the answer to why but it limits you to dig deeper on that answer through a quantitative method.
We did not talk about wicked problem, fun that you brought it up could be interesting for me to look it up now :)
Keep it up!
http://fromplatotocasestudies.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-4-reflections.html?showComment=1444587470844#c2501359192472501071
Hi,
I agree on what you wrote about feeling that you didn't get as much out of this theme because of already having worked with these methods. I think that the thing about getting a result that is out of plan is the advantages with qualitative methods. They open up to new perspective and inputs that the researcher had not taken into consideration. And also allows us to dig deeper when conducting the research on participants.
Interesting and fun to know about your company trusting numbers more than qualitative results. I had not really thought of it being liked that. Did you feel that the complementing quantitative method was unnecessary for the research but only needed for the company?
http://ixxzw.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/theme-3-after.html?showComment=1444586585445#c6604299899928149970
THEME 3
Hi!
I really liked your reflection. You have managed to connect to previous themes in a good and interesting way! I agree with you on theory not being able to be proven true. This was something I had not thought about before this theme and something interesting to learn. Theory can only be disapproved, which makes me wonder is there anything at all that is true? I believe this is also why we can not say if a theory is good or bad. When doing your research and deciding on a theory it is really hard to be absolutely certain on that you have not missed anything that made the result change. So how are we to ever say that a theory is perfect?
Good job!
http://alexisdm2572.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-3-post-seminar.html?showComment=1443970115578#c2817726083968618147
Hi!
Nice reflection on your thoughts of this theme. I wish you would have explained more about your thoughts on the difference between scientific and philosophical theory. What was it that you didn't understand and which attributes do you feel are the same in both types of theories?
I understand theory in another way, it's not really that we can't define it so that everybody agrees but more that we can not prove it be "true". There are so many things that can affect a research and the theory and it can never be said that a theory is "true". I still believe a hole group can believe in it but it doesn't necessarily make it "true" due to other factors.
Keep up the good job.
http://theoryandmethodmediatechnology.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-3-research-and-theory-after.html?showComment=1443973065162#c6845051257299434530
Hi!
Good reflection bringing up the keywords from this theme. I can relate to you saying that the word theory had a different meaning before this theme. I also feel that my understanding of it has broaden. I also noticed that we used the same quote from Leif's lecture, which I also felt was really straight forward and easy to understand.
Your distinction between hypothesis and theory is good. Worth mentioning is that a theory is built on a hypothesis that can be tested and something you can reason around and argue about. Good job!
http://stinazwahlen.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-3-post-reflection.html?showComment=1443975264100#c4448432799700335861
Hi!
I really enjoyed reading your reflections! You have managed to bring up some really good points from this theme. I agree with you on the lecture being a bit to open for conclusion, I also felt that I didn't get any new conclusion or information only interpretations. I also like how you mention that "a paradigm shift doesn't occur from mere opinion", which was something we also discussed. I think it was interesting that the reason for this is that it's always easier to convince someone of something they don't know anything about than convincing them that something they already believe in is incorrect. Keep up the good job!
http://dm2572rberggre.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/this-theme-was-about-understanding.html?showComment=1443979574071
Hi!
Great reflection, with good points and a clear structure. I agree on being a bit confused of the meaning of theory before this theme. So fun reading that you also felt that you managed to get a clearer picture of what it actually means. Something worth mentioning is that a theory is also build on a hypothesis that can be tested. I also liked your opinion on that revising is necessary for advancement. Questioning an already existing theory and making your new theory credible is really hard but it is what leads to paradigm shifts. Great job, keep it up!
http://butlikewhyisit.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-3-reflection.html?showComment=1443982270185#c2475204425427087135
Hi! Enjoyed reading your reflections! I relate to thinking that theory only explains how things work, but I've now understood that it is more answering to questions as to "Why thing are as they are" . I agree with you on the paper being hard to connect to one theory. I also felt it being hard helping or giving my group members in the seminar good feedback since I hadn't read their papers. Did you also felt this was an obstacle for discussion in your group?
http://dm2572elvira.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-3-research-and-theory-post-seminar.html?showComment=1443984236887#c7108538009846574504
Hi!
As soon as I read your sentence "As long as you have a theory that you can test then it is a prediction" . I thought it would be worth mentioning that a theory that can be tested is built on a hypothesis and this is why a prediction theory makes it possible to create a theory since they formulate hypothesis. I totally agreed on the your statement of it being hard to discuss during the seminar since we all read different papers. But from reading your reflection you seem to have gained some better understanding on some things! Keep up the good work!
http://dm2572lisa.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-3-refection-post.html?showComment=1443985966624#c4670472695796848614
Hi!
During my seminar something that was mentioned and highlighted was that a hypotheses and theories can never proven, only supported by evidence. Scientists can only falsify or support a theory or hypothesis when doing a research. So I'm not sure you can say that a suitable hypothesis can be approved. Or how did you mean ? Maybe yuo meant that a hypothesis can be accepted by people?
Great job on the reflection!
http://amlinden.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-3-reflection.html?showComment=1443988238737
Hi!
I read your pre blogpost on this theme. You did a good job on explaining your choice of paper, and it seems interesting to read. Although I felt it would have been interesting knowing more about your own thoughts regarding their choice of things such as methods , errors and so on. I totally agree with you on the important issue of the week being theory. In my seminar we also put a lot of time explaining the difference between hypothesis and theory. You have explained theory in a way I can easily understand and relate to! Keep up the good work!
http://fromplatotocasestudies.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-3-reflections.html?showComment=1443988814650#c8583825929889422534
Hi!
Enjoyed reading your post on theme 3! You have managed to grasp the key concepts of this theme really well. A good quote from Leifs lecture is "A theory is a set of propositions that aims to identify (abstract) objects and their relation to each other.". I also had troubles understanding the point of the "what is man" question during the lecture but after a while I connected it to that quote. By this I mean that the point was that a theory is just a set of propositions and that question raised just that, a set of propositions. Thanks for sharing, keep it up!!
http://ixxzw.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-3-after-seminar.html?showComment=1443992050591#c6935929287868529940
THEME 2
Hi!
Short but informative reflection! Yes you are right on nominalism explaining things as individual and unique. They do not believe in universal words. I also thought of the last thing you mentioned, on how technology today has made it easier for us to gain knowledge and understanding of things we did not have before!
Keep it up!
http://cloudsong223.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-2after.html?showComment=1443452192424
Hi!
Really good and well structured reflection! You really managed to point out the key concepts of this theme. Your blogposts explains A&H thought of nominalism really good! I understood just as you did and felt that you managed to explain in a really easy way to understand!
http://theoatmeth.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-2-post-seminar.html?showComment=1443451920205#c6351435314557227865
Hi!
Nice reflection! You have really brought up the key concepts from this theme. It's also fun seeing that your reflection has developed from the pre post of this theme. Your explanation of realism and nominalism is really consist and easy to read in a few words. It would be fun knowing your own thoughts on the texts we read for this seminar, did you have any difficulties reading them or not at all ? I wondering since you said that your thoughts were blurry before the seminar or if it was due to something els perhaps.
Keep up the good work!
http://blog4course99.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/reflection-on-theme-2.html?showComment=1443451637587
H!
Nice reflection. I felt that you have pointed out the keywords from this theme. I had the same experience as you with udnerstanding realism and nominalism. But from your reflection it seems that you have come a long way!
Really good point with the facism view on good and bad art, I hade not understood Benjamins view on this but you explained to me very easily
Thanks for the reflection!
http://duckyduckyducky.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/post-seminar-3.html?showComment=1443451285883#c2032859820267728661
Hi! I agree with you on the texts being hard to grasp. You did a really good job by not giving up and instead turning to other sources. One explanation may not be as clear as another one could be, therefor I strongly recommend reading other sources summarizations or watching videos. There were many that were confused about substructures and superstructures, it would be fun knowing how your thoughts about the structures are now. Also I reacted a little to you stating that movies has aura, because I understood it as them not having aura just because they are reproduced. Maybe that is also why you felt it being easier to discuss the auras of paintings.
Keep up the good job!
http://bjornsblogggg.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-2-post-reflection.html?showComment=1443448779066
Hi!
Fun reading that you felt that your contribution this week was bigger than the last. I can totally relate to not wanting to give own opinions when you don't feel that you have a clear idea yourself. Good reflection overall, easy to read and follow your experience of this theme. I had the same clarification regarding A&H verses Benjamin's view on the revolutionary potentials.
I only had one thing to add, at the end you say that "substructure is the base of society". Substructures are not only the base of society, it could also be the bases of a culture or religion. In other words the substructures adjoint is what makes a superstructure, such as society, culture or religion.
Keep up the good work!
http://vadfinnsegentligen.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-2-reflection.html?showComment=1443449393202#c2638295807523955647
Hi Lisa!
Great reflection with a good structure making it easy to understand your experience of this weeks theme! I really enjoyed reading your interpretation of super- and substructures. Your connection to our field is really good, I had not thought about it like that before!
Thanks for your reflection, Sharing is caring!
http://dm2572lisa.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-2-refelection-post.html?showComment=1443449953671#c5779786715772593333
Hi!
I agree with you on these text being more light to read then the previous theme. I found it funny that you tried to figure out what nominalism is through a lot of different sources but it was only that sentence and example you needed to understand it's meaning. Because I did the exact same thing and it wasn't until he explained the cave example that I understood nominalism vs. realism! It would be good maybe to explain the example in your reflection so that others that were not there understands.
I definitely think you should look it up if you are interested :)! Good initiative!
Keep up the good work!
http://suchapriori.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/post-theme-2.html?showComment=1443450393608#c3074883087815922601
Hi!
Nice reflection! I can relate to many of the things you have brought up! Especially nominalism being hard to get a grasp on. You have done a good job explaining what it is. Something I had not thought about before the seminar was the thing you wrote that the seminar teacher said about nominalism not having visions of the future. I also found this part to be an eye opener during the seminar, pointing out the point that then it does not give the nominalists the tools needed to develop new things.
Yes, you're right on aura being destroyed according to Benjamin. He meant that when something is reproduced it looses its originality and the soul of the artist therefor a photography has no aura.
http://elindm2572.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-2-reflection.html?showComment=1443450830702
Hi!
I really liked your reflection!
You manage to explain the keywords really well. We have the same view on the keywords. It's a really good point you make that we need to understand realism in order to understand nominalism. I hade trouble understandingnominalism at first but the seminar made it really clear for me, interesting that you also found nominalism to be the hardest part but managed to understand it at the end!
Keep it up!
http://literaturestuffm.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-2-reflections-after-lecture-and.html?showComment=1443452427784#c6776972595799295528
THEME 1
Short but informative reflection! Yes you are right on nominalism explaining things as individual and unique. They do not believe in universal words. I also thought of the last thing you mentioned, on how technology today has made it easier for us to gain knowledge and understanding of things we did not have before!
Keep it up!
http://cloudsong223.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-2after.html?showComment=1443452192424
Hi!
Really good and well structured reflection! You really managed to point out the key concepts of this theme. Your blogposts explains A&H thought of nominalism really good! I understood just as you did and felt that you managed to explain in a really easy way to understand!
http://theoatmeth.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-2-post-seminar.html?showComment=1443451920205#c6351435314557227865
Hi!
Nice reflection! You have really brought up the key concepts from this theme. It's also fun seeing that your reflection has developed from the pre post of this theme. Your explanation of realism and nominalism is really consist and easy to read in a few words. It would be fun knowing your own thoughts on the texts we read for this seminar, did you have any difficulties reading them or not at all ? I wondering since you said that your thoughts were blurry before the seminar or if it was due to something els perhaps.
Keep up the good work!
http://blog4course99.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/reflection-on-theme-2.html?showComment=1443451637587
H!
Nice reflection. I felt that you have pointed out the keywords from this theme. I had the same experience as you with udnerstanding realism and nominalism. But from your reflection it seems that you have come a long way!
Really good point with the facism view on good and bad art, I hade not understood Benjamins view on this but you explained to me very easily
Thanks for the reflection!
http://duckyduckyducky.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/post-seminar-3.html?showComment=1443451285883#c2032859820267728661
Hi! I agree with you on the texts being hard to grasp. You did a really good job by not giving up and instead turning to other sources. One explanation may not be as clear as another one could be, therefor I strongly recommend reading other sources summarizations or watching videos. There were many that were confused about substructures and superstructures, it would be fun knowing how your thoughts about the structures are now. Also I reacted a little to you stating that movies has aura, because I understood it as them not having aura just because they are reproduced. Maybe that is also why you felt it being easier to discuss the auras of paintings.
Keep up the good job!
http://bjornsblogggg.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-2-post-reflection.html?showComment=1443448779066
Hi!
Fun reading that you felt that your contribution this week was bigger than the last. I can totally relate to not wanting to give own opinions when you don't feel that you have a clear idea yourself. Good reflection overall, easy to read and follow your experience of this theme. I had the same clarification regarding A&H verses Benjamin's view on the revolutionary potentials.
I only had one thing to add, at the end you say that "substructure is the base of society". Substructures are not only the base of society, it could also be the bases of a culture or religion. In other words the substructures adjoint is what makes a superstructure, such as society, culture or religion.
Keep up the good work!
http://vadfinnsegentligen.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-2-reflection.html?showComment=1443449393202#c2638295807523955647
Hi Lisa!
Great reflection with a good structure making it easy to understand your experience of this weeks theme! I really enjoyed reading your interpretation of super- and substructures. Your connection to our field is really good, I had not thought about it like that before!
Thanks for your reflection, Sharing is caring!
http://dm2572lisa.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-2-refelection-post.html?showComment=1443449953671#c5779786715772593333
Hi!
I agree with you on these text being more light to read then the previous theme. I found it funny that you tried to figure out what nominalism is through a lot of different sources but it was only that sentence and example you needed to understand it's meaning. Because I did the exact same thing and it wasn't until he explained the cave example that I understood nominalism vs. realism! It would be good maybe to explain the example in your reflection so that others that were not there understands.
I definitely think you should look it up if you are interested :)! Good initiative!
Keep up the good work!
http://suchapriori.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/post-theme-2.html?showComment=1443450393608#c3074883087815922601
Hi!
Nice reflection! I can relate to many of the things you have brought up! Especially nominalism being hard to get a grasp on. You have done a good job explaining what it is. Something I had not thought about before the seminar was the thing you wrote that the seminar teacher said about nominalism not having visions of the future. I also found this part to be an eye opener during the seminar, pointing out the point that then it does not give the nominalists the tools needed to develop new things.
Yes, you're right on aura being destroyed according to Benjamin. He meant that when something is reproduced it looses its originality and the soul of the artist therefor a photography has no aura.
http://elindm2572.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-2-reflection.html?showComment=1443450830702
Hi!
I really liked your reflection!
You manage to explain the keywords really well. We have the same view on the keywords. It's a really good point you make that we need to understand realism in order to understand nominalism. I hade trouble understandingnominalism at first but the seminar made it really clear for me, interesting that you also found nominalism to be the hardest part but managed to understand it at the end!
Keep it up!
http://literaturestuffm.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-2-reflections-after-lecture-and.html?showComment=1443452427784#c6776972595799295528
I like your reflection. It seems that you have really taken the time to reflect on what we have learned and more importantly why. You have summarized this theme very well by using a structure that makes it easy to follow how your thoughts and opinions have developed. I agree with you on that there are never any real answers when it comes to the topics of Theme 1. And if we can or can't be objective is definitely a head-scratcher. I don't believe that someone can be completely objective since we all have a subconsciousness as you say. But then what is objective enough?
I liked your connection of this theme to our field! Something I myself didn't think about doing at all and could try to do for the next theme.
http://butlikewhyisit.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-1-reflection.html?showComment=1442770293118#c4552663929902548348
Hello fellow blogger,
I also underestimated the amount of reading for this theme and got started to late. But you learn from your mistakes!
Fun reading that you did manage to get some clarity after the lecture and able to write this reflection based on that. I think that this reflection is a really opportunity to write about what you have learned. And it would've been interesting to know your reflections on what you think the point of this theme was. As an example what was the purpose with the texts we read and where do you stand on those points of view.
Really good question about the cup! Too bad you didn't get the opportunity to ask it during the seminar. Keep up the good work!
http://suchapriori.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/post-theme-1-reflection.html?showComment=1442771488478#c7267494159456724729
Hello fellow blogger!
Great summarize of this theme. You have manage to reflect on your process of learning as well as on what you have learned. I think that it's a great method to study by reading and at the same time writing down questions so that you can discuss these later on the seminars, which as I've understood are for that purpose, to clarify the things we didn't manage to understand on our own. It seems that you have learned very much and also developed your perspective on how we perceive the world.
Keep up the good work!
http://vadfinnsegentligen.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-1-reflection.html?showComment=1442773072909#c6357064191087755522
Hello fellow blogger!
I actually missed this theme's seminar. Therefor I found your reflection being very informative and fun to read. You brought many things good things to think about before and during a seminar, such as writing down questions when reading and also the importance of actively discussing with other students. I had a really hard time understanding the meaning of Kant's categories, the two question you mentioned that you talked about seem very relevant and interesting to discuss! As for these topics I think that there never really exists any straight forward answers so I definitely understand that they were really hard to answer. Just out of curiosity it would have been fun knowing what your or the classes arguments were on that subject.
Keep up the good work!
http://elindm2572.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-1-reflection.html?showComment=1442774006701
Hello fellow blogger!
I agree with previous comment on what you wrote about a priori and a posteriori. Although I think that you just misplaced the example that you wrote on a priori since you do explain that a priori is something that we do not need to examine to confirm, meanwhile a posteriori is something that we actually have to experience or investigate on our own.
You have explained many parts of this theme in a good and easy way to understand. You bring out the things that I also thought were the main learning point. Such as learning to seeking an answer but instead discussing and thinking.
Keep up the good reflections!
http://dm2572lisa.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-1-reflection-post.html?showComment=1442777064127#c1972290716472350780
Hello fellow blogger!
I like how you focus on the main things that you've learned from this theme! Your explanation and reflection is really easy to understand and interesting to read. Thank you for writing about the table, I had some trouble understanding this and your way of connecting it to that objects must conform to our cognition is a great way of explaining it.
Keep up the good reflections!
http://cloudsong223.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-1-after-theory-of-knowledge-and.html?showComment=1442779478268
Hello fellow blogger!
You've managed to make a good summarize on this theme. The ending with the comparison of Plato and Kant point of view is a very good ending to sum up the two text we read. It would have been interesting. It would have been interesting knowing reading more about your own personal thought, how you perceived the text, lecture, seminar or just the whole theme. Did you feel that you made any progress, what helped and what not?
http://theandme15.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-1-theory-of-knowledge-and-theory.html?showComment=1442785292332#c2809355533440340380
Hello fellow blogger!
Good job on writing a brief but yet very informative reflection. You've understood a priori and a posteriori very well and your explanation is really easy to read and understand. I can relate to not having any strong interests for philosophy before this theme and that this theme made me change my feelings towards philosophy. You're right on that everything is just an perception, therefor everybody have their own and this philosophy can't really have an correct answer to anything.
Keep up the good work!
http://blog4course99.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/reflection-of-theme-1.html?showComment=1442786932920
Hi!
A well written reflection with a good structure making it easy to follow your points of view and understanding of this theme. I agree with you saying that we can never really be completely objective when looking at the world. My thoughts are that humans have a subconscious which makes it hard for us to know if we are truly being objective or affected by our subconscious.
I also found a priori and Kant's categories to be hard to grasp. But I felt that googling and reading other sources cleared it up a bit for me.
http://theoatmeth.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/theme-1-post-seminar.html?showComment=1442846738944#c2056899052111197761
Hi!
Nice reflection on this theme! I think you did a smart thing by reading the text and then turning to other sources since there were a lot of hard concepts to understand.
You explain and connect Plato and Kants text in a good way, especially when you connect it to when Kants categories fall into use. It's easy to follow your thoughts and development after this theme. Keep up the good work!
http://duckyduckyducky.blogspot.com.au/2015/09/post-seminar-theme-1.html?showComment=1442847099943#c8693925832780614734
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