The Concepts of Object and Subject of Study in the Light of the Concept of Activity-Based Methodology

Abstract

It has been shown that the notions of object and scope of research may be viewed from two methodological perspectives – contemplative and practice-oriented. The latter perspective, how­ever, yields a more content-rich product, as the termino­logy and concept range of the contem­pla­tive approach turns out to be a sub-set of the ac­tion-oriented perspective, focused on the notions of the ends, means and result. This suggests that the requirement to state the object and scope of research in addition to its goal and means, as sti­pulated in a number of regulations, may be su­perfluous.