What to Do With Meaning? A Research Conundrum for the 21st Century

• Autores: R. Scott Kretchmar
• Localización: Quest, ISSN 0033-6297, Vol. 59, Nº. 4, 2007, págs. 373-383
• Idioma: inglés
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  • It is difficult to know what to do with meaning. Some kinesiologists, particularly those in the humanities, would argue that it should be given due attention¿perhaps even priority attention. Others would argue that meaning is unimportant or simply impossible to study in any objective way. This conundrum can be solved by adopting a new research paradigm, one that places meaning on a level playing field with muscles, cells, genes, and other movement-related phenomena. I argue that we might be in the middle of a Kuhnian paradigm shift. This new way of conceptualizing reality has significant implications, not only for how we do research, but also for how we understand our field. I identify five implications of the new paradigm for kinesiology