Fictional Inquiry

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This chapter augments established epistemologies of representation and epistemologies of emancipation by adding a third orientation, which can be termed epistemology of fiction. An epistemology of fiction deliberately generates scientific statements that deviate from actual empirical reality. The chapter is structured according to three main purposes of fictional inquiry: (1) juxtaposing fictional and counterfactual statements with empirical reality to reveal new insights and enhance our understanding of that reality (e.g., through ideal-type thinking or figurative imagination); (2) juxtaposing fictional/counterfactual statements against other scientific statements to test and refine the latter statements (e.g., via counterfactual reasoning, thought experiments, or simulation); and (3) drawing on fictional realities as objects of inquiry in their own right, typically in order to understand the impact of these fictional realities on current or future (nonfictional) empirical realities. The chapter concludes with some considerations regarding the fit of an epistemology of fiction to management studies as an academic field.
OriginalspracheEnglisch
TitelHandbook of Philosophy of Management
HerausgeberCristina Neesham, Markus Reihlen, Dennis Schoeneborn
Anzahl der Seiten20
ErscheinungsortCham
VerlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
Erscheinungsdatum12.2022
Seiten139-158
ISBN (Print)978-3-030-76605-4
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PublikationsstatusErschienen - 12.2022

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