Vindicating methodological triangulation

• Published in: Synthese (Dordrecht) Vol. 196; no. 8; pp. 3067 - 3081
• Main Authors: Heesen, Remco, Bright, Liam Kofi, Zucker, Andrew
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.08.2019; Springer Netherlands; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Du Bois, W E B (1868-1963); Education; Epistemology; Logic; Metaphysics; Philosophy; Philosophy of Language; Philosophy of Science; Reliability; Research methodology; S.I.: Evidence Amalgamation in the Sciences; Social sciences; Voting theory; Methodological triangulation; Formal epistemology; W. E. B. Du Bois; Philosophy of social science

Social scientists use many different methods, and there are often substantial disagreements about which method is appropriate for a given research question. In response to this uncertainty about the relative merits of different methods, W. E. B. Du Bois advocated for and applied "methodological...