title: Post-positivistic critical multiplism: a beginning dialogue.
abstract: Following the recognition that logical positivism was no longer tenable in modern science, post-positivism and its research methodology, critical multiplism, emerged and offered a new way of thinking about science. Though not a panacea, critical multiplism, in which methodological pluralism is advocated, offers a way around the debate of which conception of science is appropriate for nursing and, as such, poses advantages for nursing scientific knowledge development.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Letourneau
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Allen
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D012945:Social Values