A INFLUÊNCIA DOS PRESSUPOSTOS METODOLÓGICOS NA CONDUÇÃO DE PESQUISAS CIENTÍFICAS EM GESTÃO DE RISCOS AMBIENTAIS

摘要

http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/2236117012471 This article aims to discuss the need for proper understanding and mastery on the part of the researchers on the dominant philosophical underpinnings, logics of rationality (methods) and characterizations used in conducting scientific research, and the importance in considering the complementarity between these underpinnings, on the approach of the phenomena, for the construction of scientific knowledge. For such, it presents the analysis of a set of selected papers in the environmental risk management area, using the reference of Pacheco Junior, Pereira and Pereira Filho (2007), on the disclosure of the influence of methodological assumptions in the development of scientific research.