Formal knowledge in accounting studies

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Formal knowledge in accounting studies

Published in: South African Journal of Accounting Research
Volume 14 , issue 1 , 2000 , pages: 35–47
DOI: 10.1080/10291954.2000.11435092
Author(s): A Riahi-Belkaoui Department of Accounting,
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Abstract

This article draws on Pepper’s World Hypotheses to describe four different approaches to obtaining formal knowledge in accounting studies. These approaches are: formism, mechanism, contextualism, and organicism.
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