Problem-finding in research: Obstacles and solutions focusing on dissertation writing and local theory-building

This article aims to investigate the concerns of today’s Iranians’ sociology regarding two theoretic attitudes: dissertation writing and local theory-building. There are deficiencies and shortages in both of these co-related fields requiring investigation. One of them is problem-finding- which this article focuses on. Problem-finding is somehow recognized simultaneously as the art and experience of researcher. The deeper and more meticulous the article is performed, the stronger both innovation and organization of the research are reinforced and Problem-finding, as the basic block of science, serves as a basis on which theorybuilding and researching could be formed and honored. On the one hand, what and how the problem is built and found, and on the other hand, why problem is building -as an ontological-methodological basis- ignored is important? In this paper, while reviewing the nature and paradigmatic importance of problem-finding in different paradigms and identifying the methodological position of problem and problem-finding based on available yet related literature, the author presents theory and deals with scrutinizing the subject of problem-finding.