Table 1 Framework for analyzing a disciplinary perspective

[1] What is the overarching goal of the (disciplinary) professional or research practice? 

[2] What are the kinds of phenomena the discipline is typically interested in?

[3] What is the objective of research or investigation in the discipline (i.e., the objective of using and producing knowledge in this discipline)? 

[4] What are the kinds of (mental or scientific) models or ‘pictures’ to represent the knowledge about the phenomenon of interest? 

[5] Which theories and concepts about the phenomena of interest are typically used in this discipline? 

[6] Which methodology and (technological) instruments to explain or investigate the phenomena of interest are typically used in this discipline?

[7] What are the practical constraints regarding the overarching goal of the practice? 

[8] Which are the epistemic and pragmatic criteria that the discipline aims to meet in using and producing (novel) knowledge about the phenomena of interest?