This is my truth, tell me yours: Some aspects of action research quality in the light of truth theories

Abstract

In this article the authors introduce some aspects of various truth theories in the context of action research. The traditional ways of determining quality are based on the correspondence theory of truth, which, in their view, conflicts with the basic assumptions of action research. The pragmatic theory of truth seems to be clearly represented in the world of action research. In their opinion, other theories of truth can be productively applied as well. In addition to the classical theories of truth–the correspondence theory, the coherence theory and the pragmatistic view on truth–they discuss the truth as ‘aletheia’ (a Heideggerian view on truth), as Habermasian consensus and as Foucaultian power/knowledge. © 2001, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.