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A postmodern perspective on the scientific status of accounting: A research note

Published in: De Ratione
Volume 9 , issue 1 : Entrepreneurship and Africa’s Cultural Context , 2024 , pages: 1–8

DOI: 10.1080/10108270.1995.11435053

Author(s): Arline A Savage Faculty of Business of the University of New Brunswick Saint John, ,

Keywords: science, Kuhn, Lyotard, postmodemity, paradigms, language games,

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This research note contributes to the discussion about the scientific status of accounting by contrasting Thomas Kuhn’s modem approach to science with Jean-Francois Lyotard’s postmodern perspective for the current situation regarding knowledge in advanced societies, which he describes as language games.

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