Subjective research philosophies and soft (subjective) systems thinking

Soft sytems thinking shares with subjective research philosophies on views towards ontology (re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology) and epistemology (re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemology). I provide a list of basic online resources on them here as a quick reference:

Soft systems thinking

1. Soft systems thinking of Peter Checkland (re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft_Systems_Methodology)
2. Interactive planning of R.L. Ackoff (re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_Planning)
3. Vickers's theory of appreciative systems (re: https://www.acumenmobile.com/papers/Strategic%20Thinking%20-%20Appreciation.pdf)

Subjective research philosophies

1. Interpretivism: (re: http://www.encyclo.co.uk/define/Interpretivism)
2. Hermeneutics: (re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermeneutics)
3. Phenomenology: (re: http://www.answers.com/topic/phenomenology)

Reference

• On research philosophy: https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=399218525897