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Detailed explanation-1: -Each stage of the research process is based on assumptions about the sources and the nature of knowledge. Research philosophy will reflect the author’s important assumptions and these assumptions serve as base for the research strategy.

Detailed explanation-2: -A research philosophy is a belief about the way in which data about a phenomenon should be gathered, analysed and used. The term epistemology (what is known to be true) as opposed to doxology (what is believed to be true) encompasses the various philosophies of research approach.

Detailed explanation-3: -Philosophical thinking strongly emphasizes clear formulation of ideas and problems, selection of relevant data, and objective methods for assessing ideas and proposals. It also emphasizes development of a sense of the new directions suggested by new hypotheses and questions one encounters while doing research.

Detailed explanation-4: -In general, philosophy deals with the “study of knowledge, reality and existence” (Moon et al., 2018, p. 296). When concerning the realm of research, the philosophical approach determines the very direction of a scholar’s thought, thus attributing his or her findings to a particular branch of science.