Theme 1
Q1: Interesting how you weave in popular culture
in your answer. Have you thought about the question you pose through "John
Nash"? Who decides logic and reason? Is it society, governments,
scientists or others?
http://evilmadscientists.blogspot.se/2014/09/critiqueof-pure-reason.html
Q2: Interesting thoughts on Kant and Plato! We
also discussed the blind person case and you argue that much of our perception
is based on our own bodies, experience and knowledge. But I mean, there isn't
there still some sort of common understanding? Everyone sees a house like a
house and the coler red as red. Then it can mean different things to different
persons i guess based on our history but don't you think there is a common ground
that everyone starts from?
http://zhoujie0.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-1-theory-of-knowledge-and-theory_12.html
Q3: Very
good written reflection! You say that you have though a lot about how people
see knowledge and I have also thought about it and one thing that popped into
my head was how do you think the perception differs from KTH student and SSE (Handelshögskolan)
students for example?
http://gref-tmm.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-1-theory-of-knowledge-and-theory_15.html?showComment=1414234138608#c8983467867212829327
Q4: Hello Martin!
Very
interesting post. I like how you related the text with your "stove"
example. It makes it more clear and easier to grasp. You describe
trustworthyness as an important factor for beliving in knowledge and the
history of the one that shares it creates that. If you relate this to our
digital age where most online posts and comments is written by strangers, how
do you think this perception about trustworthiniess expands into this area?
http://martsodm2572.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-1-theory-of-knowledge-and-theory.html
Q5: Hello Illona!
I think you
got a good understanding of what Kant ment. It was a really hard text to
interpret and i still don't know if i fully understand it (probably not) but i
like both your examples and your conclusions and i would say I agree! However it
is hard to imagine how to look at thinks with only our eyes not all our
faculties. Do you think this can be done in any way?
Theme 2
Q1: When you answer whats the meaning of myths
according to Adorno & Horkheimer you explain what a myth is as it being an
untruth, but how do you think A & H thought about why they were created? Or
what do you think yourself. Who creates myth (untruths) and for which reasons?
http://evilmadscientists.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-2-critical-media-studies.html
Q2: I also found it hard to grasp the concept of
nominalism in the beginning. But i think you used a good example. What do you
think is the strenghts and weakneses in the nominisit view discussing the
context of the article?
http://zhoujie0.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-2-critical-media-studies.html
Q3: I think the era of enlightenment is very
interesting and you have a good definition of what the enlightenment is and
ment. Do you think there have been time frames after the original enlightenment
which have had the same sort of effects in how we loo upon things?
http://gref-tmm.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-2-critical-media-studies-before.html
Q4: Hello! Good reflection!
I have also
been thinking about the role of philosophy in engineering and I have more and
more felt that it's growing in importance. I think It differs our title from
"civil"engineers to regular (3 years education) engineers. It's also
what i've read. That we "civil" are more adaptable for change and
think in deeper and more complex ways. I acually think philosophy courses like
this have a big part in it. D you agree or do you think it depends on other
elements?
http://martsodm2572.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-2-critical-media-studies-post.html
Q5: I like how you involve the pictures in you
posts! Makes it much more fun to read.
I also
think you have very good thoughts on each questions especially the one with the
included picture to illustrate. It makes it very clear what you mean. Why do
you think this view of society changes and why things in the fifties that is
just 60 years away can be so far away in our minds now when they were a part of
everyday thoughts before?
http://dm2572ilona.blogspot.se/2014/09/thoughts-on-theme-2.html?view=sidebar
Theme 3
Q1: I agree with your opinion that some articles thay is written in
important papers sometimes seems very insignificant. But whats important
sometimes when it comes to citiation i belive is just the fact you state with
aritcles that make an extensive litterature review and combine all or alot of
topics on the subject to one article. It might not be very world changeing you
could argue but I think it fill
an
important role in the science sphere. I would argue the same thing about some
reaserch that you think is more or less obvious, but if no one have researched
it you can't really have it as a source no mather how simple it sometimes might
be.
http://evilmadscientists.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-3-research-and-theory.html
Q2: I like your definition about theory and I thinks
it's correspont to mine quite well. I just wonder how you see the difference
between a "theory" and a "hypothesis" since we discussed
this alot in our seminar.
http://zhoujie0.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-3-research-and-theory.html
Q3: I have thought about this concept of theoris
in our common language also that you speek of. Some people very much speek in
theories I would agree but sometimes not so justified, that being loosly based
theories but in common talk you can't only base whay you say on proven
theories, that wouldn't make much of a conversation. have you thought about
anything like this?
http://gref-tmm.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-3-research-and-theory-after.html
Q4: I agree with you on the part that they should
have done more qualitative testing on feelings after using SNS. I mean doesn't
this relate a bit back to Kant and how we see knowledge. If social life is seen
by how many interactions you have (pure data - empirical view) or how you feal
about the interactions you have. I would argue for the latter.
Q5: Good post!
In the end
you argue that a new study is required to decide if their study acually can
produce real change. Do you think it would have been possible to draw there
kind of conclusions after this study if it were designed in a different way or
do you think it would have been to extensive?
Great job!
http://dm2572ilona.blogspot.se/2014/09/reflections-on-theme-3-research-and.html?view=sidebar
Theme 4
Q1: You argue about the validness of information
about how sick people are according to their perception. I agree in your
reasoning but do you think they should have maid more medical test about there
status? Then we come back to Kant a bit. Isn't how sick you are just your
perception or is it based on number in blood value and etc?
http://evilmadscientists.blogspot.se/2014/09/theme-4-quantitative-research.html
Q2: I agree in you definition about the strenghts
of qualitative methods but i don't fully understand how you describe the
weaknesses. You say "The method is based on data which collect from
testers, the data are according to the testers’ thought at that time. So the
data can be affected at that time and will not have high accuracy. This why the
researchers always use the method for general fields of researching." Do
you mean that it's a larger chanse to get affected in a negative way while
filling in forms then in an interview? I think it's really interesting but
would you maybe clarify with one example?
http://zhoujie0.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-4-quantitative-research.html
Q3: Hi Andreas! Good Post!
You mention
that questionairre "rely on so many psychological factors about stuff like
how to create unambiguous questions, driving motivation for participants to
answer and what questions to include." I agree but do you think
researchers and journalists use these psychological factors to get a prefered
result or do you think it's unintentional?
http://gref-tmm.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-4-quantitative-research-after.html?showComment=1414235011718#c8681949881701270262
Q4: Well written post and I learned quite much the
same. In the workshop we also talked about the interactive possibility of web
surveys. You didn't mention it in your text but do you think that i can be
useful in any way?
http://martsodm2572.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-4-quantitative-research-post.html
Q5: I like your reasoning and your conclusions!
Based on this and especially what you consider being the limits of using
qualitative methods. Is there any type of method you would prefere if
conducting a study and why? Any part that is more apealing or you thing generate
more interesting results?
Q6:
Hello!
I also
think Olle Bälters "golden rules" of creating and sending out a
survey was very good and useful. Some steps could maybe be considered as a
"no-brainer" but it's easy to miss there things. I would definitly
use them when conducting my own survey. Was there anything you personally would
have added to the list or do you think it's more or less complete?
http://dm2572ilona.blogspot.se/2014/10/reflection-on-theme-4-after.html?showComment=1414397005311
Theme 5
Q1: I totally agree with what you say about Ewa-Lotta, didn't give me
anything. However I think Haibo for once gave a good lecture! You mention his
advice about spending more time (90%) on defining the question and 10 % solving
it. First I thought, "hey this make sense and sound reasonable". I
agree with his arguments but then i thought about something I learned in
programming, which was. Spend 90 % do / try and 10 % think. Because you learn
from what you do and if you just spend time thinking about the problem you will
never solve it. What do you think about this?
http://evilmadscientists.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-5-postreflection-design-research.html
Q2: I really like your answer to "Why could it be necessary to
develop a proof of concept prototype?" and I agree with what you say! What
do you think will happend if the POC prototype fails to bring proof, would you
alter it unitl it did or would you put it in the junkyard and focus on other
research?
http://zhoujie0.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-5-design-research.html
Q3: The kill your darlings concept that you mention I also think is very
good but also very hard. But i've also learned that a text or solution almost
everytime gets better the second or third time you iterate.
http://gref-tmm.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-5-design-research-after.html
Q4: Hello!
Good work! you answer the question "How can qualitative and quantitative
methods in the same study complement each other?" and you propose that
first qualitative studies can be use to form an hypothesis followed by a
quantitative to prove it. I very much agree with this line of work but do you
think you can switch the order and still use both types of methods in an
effective way?
Q5: Hi! I think it's a good post and I agree with
you and the other comments on this posts. The philosophical subjects i think
creates and more open mind and a different chain of thought then just result
oriented engineers or economs.
http://dm2572ilona.blogspot.se/2014/10/reflections-on-theme-5-after.html?view=sidebar
Theme 6
Q1: When we discussed what a case study acually is, it came to my
understanding that it was not as simple as I first thought. You say a case
study is "analysis of a person, group or event" as mentioned on
Wikipedia. It is a method that is conducted with examples from one or several
real-life phenomenon analysing them and creates or test theories." But
then what is a case study not? Isn't everything some sort of study of an event,
person or group in some way?
http://evilmadscientists.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-6-qualitative-and-case-study.html
Q2: You
argue that the limitations of the study is the following: The main
methodological problems in the study is that the interview participants were
chosen largely based on how they had answered the previous surveys. So the
results will depend on the chosen participants. The research questions can be
describe more generally in the research area , so the results maybe can more
accurately. Don't you think that they get better results by using this method?
If they didn't have the pre study they might have gotten irrelevant
particiapants? Or do you disagree? Well written otherwise
http://zhoujie0.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-6-qualitative-and-case-study.html
Q3: Hello Andreas! Good post! You write: "The
thing that seems to me like the hardest part of a case study is how to choose
which data to gather and how to process it afterwards. " And i agree, i
also sometimes think researchers might be biased in how they choose what
information they use. Have you thought about this?
http://gref-tmm.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-6-qualitative-and-case-study_20.html?showComment=1414235745807#c2293759214985392157
Q4: Another good post! Well done!
You write about
their multiple data collection methods and that they had sufficient infromation
to be able to draw conclusions. Do you think there is a risk of gathering to
much information so the results get blurry when doing a qualitative analysis?
http://martsodm2572.blogspot.se/2014/10/theme-6-qualitative-and-case-study.html
Q5: Hello Illona!
I totally
agree with you about the confusion about what a case study acually is? I had
the same understanding as you before the seminar which totally got blow away
after it. I think we also mentioned complexity and combination of theoris as a
part of a case study. Compared to the other methods in the course do you think
a case study is harder or more complex to carry out or do you think it would be
possible to pull of?
http://dm2572ilona.blogspot.se/2014/10/reflection-on-theme-6-after.html?view=sidebar
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