Tréplica - Relações entre suicídio e trabalho: diferenças epistemológicas e (im)possibilidade de diálogo Translated title: Relations between suicide and work: epistemological differences and the (im)possibility of dialogue

Using the differentiation between explanations and understanding from philosophy of science as the point of departure, a critical look at the current mainstream suicidological research was launched. An almost exclusive use of quantitative methodology focusing on explanations is demonstrated. This bias in scope and methodology has to a large extent taken the suicidological field into a dead-end of repetitious research. It is argued that an increased focus on understanding and thus extended use of qualitative methodology is essential in bringing the suicidological field forward. Show more