RSCH 8110 - Philosophy of Science: Organizational Factors Analysis

This assignment delves into the philosophy of science, specifically examining organizational factors influencing the integration between clinicians and population health platforms. The research interest centers on barriers such as regulation, funding, and service delivery, and how these issues impact effective collaboration. The paper adopts a constructivist philosophical orientation, exploring epistemological and ontological assumptions. It discusses how these assumptions relate to research approaches, particularly highlighting the relationship between epistemological and ontological perspectives and research methodologies. The assignment also includes a discussion on the positivist orientation and the constructivist approach to research. The author argues that knowledge is a construct of scientists' experience and that constructivism allows for qualitative research methods. The paper concludes by emphasizing the importance of considering participant perspectives and the limitations of numerical measurability in reflecting actual experiences.

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Epistemological and Ontological discussions
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Part 1
Topic of interest
The research interest is the Organizational factors affecting the integration between
clinicians and the population health platforms. In recent years, the collaboration of organizations
has been important for effective integration of clinicians and the available health platforms
(Curilaf et al., 2016). With such level of importance, it is vital to check into the key
organizational factors that affect the effective integration between the clinicians and the
population healthcare platform. I have suggested this research work as a result of observations on
different issues including regulation and administration barriers, funding related barriers, inter-
organization domain barriers, service delivery barriers and clinical practices barriers (Babbie,
2017). I am therefore intrigued or puzzled at times with the resulting circumstances of the stated
barriers and how they affect the effective integration between the population public health
platform and the clinicians in general.
Epistemological and ontological assumptions of philosophical orientations
Through a close analysis of the chosen week topic, I am closely drawn to the
constructivist philosophical orientation. This is mainly due to the fact that these studies have
presented justifiable facts which has been primarily abstracted as the main barriers to effective
integration between clinicians and population healthcare platforms. A close examination of the
topic therefore presents a closer opportunity for the possibilities for the exchange of knowledge
and the production of facts which are socially acceptable (Curilaf et al., 2016). Taking a
philosophical view on barriers to the integration between clinicians and the population public
health platform, some of the barriers do not emerge passively. A number of these barriers are
therefore as a resultant of intentional set-up. They are also non-contextual and usually presents
interrelationships and effects on one another.
Considering the ontological position, one of the main focus of this aspect in relation to
the topic is the general view of the nature of existence. Considering the ontological view, focus
will only be placed on the main barriers and the cause of the lack of the integration between the
clinicians and the population public health care platform. The ontological approach has therefore
provided the main basis on the main barriers for the topic of discussion. From the ontological

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view, positivism and constructivism presents the most of the social norms in science have been
presented (Curilaf et al., 2016). Organization has therefore been presented in this philosophical
view as procedures and regulations, together with the organization rules. An alternative
ontological position for the week 1 topic is the constructivism (Burkholder et al., 2016).
Therefore, social interaction and an evidence have been provided in relation to the social
interaction between clinicians and the platforms of the public healthcare platforms (Burkholder
et al., 2016). Researchers have therefore accounted the social world as very definitive and
evolution is very eminent in relation to the experience of the clinicians. A conclusive cons the
organization. The culture of the organization is therefore constructed from this philosophical
view. The organization culture therefore grows together with the products of the organization.
This are the main factors that must be taken into consideration to minimize levels of barriers of
the organization.
The epistemological philosophical view in relation to the organizational factors affecting
interaction between clinicians and the population health platform. The accounts have been
considered on any form of information that is generally acceptable. Characteristics methods are
therefore in relation to barriers in the integration between the clinicians and the population public
health platform has been presented by this philosophical view (Babbie, E. (2017). The level of
interaction is, therefore, governed by the preferences and the filters to key barriers that
specifically affect the interaction presented in the week study topic.
Relationship between epistemological and ontological assumptions and research
approaches
Relationships also exists between the epistemological and the ontological philosophies in
relationships is clearly evident in this level of analysis (Burkholder et al., 2016). The relationship
has been presented on the organizational factors which specifically affects the integration
between the clinicians and the population healthcare platform (Babbie, 2017). Epistemological
and ontological perspectives therefore draw out and provides a reflection of the research
positions and the provision of the accounts on the positions of a research on how administration
or regulation barriers affects the effective integration between clinicians and healthcare
platforms. Just as entomological positions result into epistemological positions, the consequence
is also very clear how barriers can be limited so that clinicians can effectively utilize the

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healthcare platforms for the effectiveness of their levels of healthcare provisions and level of
expertise (Curilaf et al., 2016). A strong relationship is evident on the epistemological and the
ontological philosophies and how they concur effectively with the research methodologies.
As a constructivist, my research will involve a reflection of both my experience and that
of the participants in my research. From these experiences I will be able to build new ideas that
supports my research topic. This will form the basis of my research to the topic.
Part 2
For those associated with positivism orientation and the pragmatists, I believe that
knowledge is a construct of scientists’ experience. Generally, there is no single method of
generating knowledge. Constructivism involve a recognition of the fact that whatever is
perceived as a reality in primarily a product of human intelligence interaction with the real world
experience (Burkholder et al., 2016). In fact, whenever an individual engages his/her mental
activity in identifying a reality then the individual has accepted constructivism. This
philosophical orientation is closely related to relativism and pragmatism. As an approach to your
research, this philosophy is based on the cognitive psychology whose background is related to
Socratic method.
Because of its dependence on experience, in epistemology, this orientation is crucial in
the related research. Besides, constructivism makes it possible to conduct a qualitative research
involving open-ended questions and the emerging research methods such as text as opposed to
the use of closed ended questions which involve predetermined questions which limits the nature
of responses. Besides this philosophical view makes it possible use the participants generate
view and focusses on a single phenomenon or concept as opposed to the alternative that tests for
theories without considering the personal values of the participants. Besides the numerical
measurability of the variable in the alternative might not reflect actual experience of participants
with respect to the research topic.

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References
Babbie, E. (2017). Basics of social research (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
Chapter 1, “Human Inquiry and Science”
Burkholder, G. J., Cox, K. A., & Crawford, L. M. (2016). The scholar-practitioner’s guide to research
design. Baltimore, MD: Laureate Publishing.
Curilaf, G., Carolina, I., & Denegri, G. M. (2016). Epistemological and ontological assumptions present
in the history of ecology. Ecología Austral, 26(03), 221-228.