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Framing Research Questions: The Key to Understanding Complex Phenomena

This article explores the importance of framing research questions clearly in order to understand complex phenomena. It references the idea of "I seek not the answer, but to understand the question" by Nobel prizewinning chemist Harry Kroto.

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Framing Research Questions: The Key to Understanding Complex Phenomena

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  1. According to Google it is from an article entitled: “Art and Science – Can They Ever be the Same”

  2. As noted by the Nobel prizewinning chemist Harry Kroto (2002), …the key to understanding complex phenomena is the recognition of the importance of framing the research problems clearly in the first place:

  3. Also in an article in The Times Higher Education Supplement

  4. Times Higher Education - Harry Kroto "I seek not the answer - but to understand the question." Dammit, Confucius got there first – www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=173185&sectioncode=26 - 24k -

  5. I seek not the answer

  6. I seek not the answer But to understand the Question

  7. As noted by the Nobel prizewinning chemist Harry Kroto (2002), …the key to understanding complex phenomena is the recognition of the importance of framing the research problems clearly in the first place: first, it is important to know what we do not understand and second, the crucial questions in need of answer must be clarified.

  8. Some mysteries in psychology (eg consciousness) consist not so much in our inability to provide the appropriate tools of investigation but rather in our inability to frame the crucial research questions in a sufficiently precise manner. Confucius was way ahead of us in recognising the problem: “I seek not the answer but to understand the question”

  9. Understanding Biological Psychology - Google Books Result by Philip J. Corr - 2006 - Psychology - 693 pagesConfucius was way ahead of us in recognizing this problem: 'I seek not the answer, but to understand the question.' The book is divided into three main ...books.google.com/books?isbn=0631219544... For Your Just "I seek not the answer, but to understand the question." Mottainai - The Moral and Ethical responsibility to not be wasteful. ...www.slyeek.com/ - 33k - Cached - Similar pages

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