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methodology I have developed could be considered innovative and is one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> intended<br />

contributions <strong>of</strong> this dissertation that are detailed fur<strong>the</strong>r in <strong>the</strong> next section.<br />

1.1.3 Intended contributions<br />

1.1.3.00 In addition to illustrating <strong>the</strong> dictomous issue <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> rapidly growing<br />

<strong>academic</strong> <strong>discipline</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>entrepreneurship</strong>, that is apparently facing adolescent type growing<br />

pa ins, toge<strong>the</strong>r with an analysis <strong>of</strong> whe<strong>the</strong>r <strong>the</strong> <strong>discipline</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>entrepreneurship</strong> could be<br />

considered dubious, <strong>the</strong>re are various aspects <strong>of</strong> this work that could be considered to be<br />

breaking new ground<br />

1.1.3.01 This is <strong>the</strong> first research, <strong>of</strong> which I am aware, that sets out to create a<br />

model, or series <strong>of</strong> models, that delineates <strong>the</strong> relationship between <strong>the</strong> concepts <strong>of</strong><br />

ontology and epistemology, along with <strong>of</strong>fering definitions as to <strong>the</strong> boundaries <strong>of</strong><br />

discourse, <strong>discipline</strong> and what is termed ontic knowledge. These models are intended to<br />

<strong>of</strong>fer future researchers a grounded philosophic, as well as a pragmatic, ba se from which to<br />

develop fur<strong>the</strong>r research.<br />

1.1.3.02 Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, this research utilizes Foucault’s concept <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> episteme as a<br />

strategic apparatus and is also a first time, to my knowledge, that <strong>the</strong> concept has been<br />

utilised in this manner in a piece <strong>of</strong> research. Gadamer’s [1989] use <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> term ‘prejudice’<br />

lends a positive nuance to what is more commonly associated with bias and possibly used<br />

more negatively. An episteme is an apparatus <strong>of</strong> power. How <strong>the</strong> flow <strong>of</strong> knowledge is<br />

influenced by <strong>the</strong> particular episteme and maybe influenced by <strong>the</strong> prejudices within <strong>the</strong><br />

episteme is an integral part to this research. By deconstructing <strong>the</strong> epistemic and<br />

ontological development <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>discipline</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>entrepreneurship</strong> I intend to illustrate how<br />

<strong>the</strong>se ‘collective prejudices’ [Schmidt, 2006] are significant in <strong>the</strong> evolution <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>discipline</strong>.<br />

1.1.3.03 Apart from <strong>the</strong> development <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> conceptual models discussed above this<br />

dissertation also develops <strong>the</strong> concepts <strong>of</strong> savoir and connaissance knowledges (that are<br />

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