Neutrosophic–Plithogenic IADOV for Capturing Subjective Meaning in Qualitative Research

Carmen Marina Méndez Cabrita^1,*, Josía Jeseff Isea Argüelles¹, Danny Mauricio Sandoval Malquín¹, Roberth Alexander Anamá Tiracá¹

¹Universidad Regional Autónoma de los Andes (UNIANDES)., Ecuador

Emails: ut.carmenmmc56@uniandes.edu.ec; ui.josiaia82@uniandes.edu.ec;t.dannysandoval@uniandes.edu.ec;  roberthat21@uniandes.edu.ec

Abstract

The research problem of this endeavor was how to comprehend subjective meanings based upon qualitative research—a uniform methodological concern of the social sciences for phenomena perpetually occurring in ever-changing environments. The significance of the study is based upon a methodological necessity that transcends natural human capability to engage what it means to be "uncertain" now that so much social reality has been rendered tainted, in addition to cultural and contextual amalgamation. Nonsensical articles provide one form of understanding but fail to equip uncertainty—acknowledgement of where something can go one way or the other, or multiple—and multivalent perspectives ultimately render ineffective opportunities for researchers to adopt a quantifiable, absolute reality. Therefore, this endeavor applies the Iadov Plithogenic Neutrosophic approach, compounded of plithogenic logic with neutrosophic meaning to successfully navigate qualitative research with high uncertainty. Ultimately, findings support that this approach empowers researchers to remove layers and find meaning in more original and texture-based fashions than the traditional A/B/C option. Ultimately, this work contributes theoretically to qualitative researches with an integrative new approach to render subjectivity, while practically providing those who want to understand a complicated world, the works to be effective. This endeavor illustrates that the most effective flexible approach to render meaning knowledge is the only way to go when the undertaking exists in comprehensive arenas.

Keywords: Qualitative Research; Neutrosophic Plithogenic Iadov; Subjectivity; Meanings; Uncertainty; Interpretive Methods; Context