Critical Realism: Essential Readings (Critical Realism: Interventions (Hardcover))

Bhaskar, Roy

ISBN 10: 0415196310 / ISBN 13: 9780415196314

Published by Routledge, 1998

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Critical Realism: Essential Readings (Critical Realism: Interventions (Hardcover))
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415196310
• ISBN 13: 9780415196314
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Since the publication of Roy Bhaskar's A Realist Theory of Science in 1975, critical realism has emerged as one of the most powerful new directions in the philosophy of science and social science, offering a real alternative to both positivism and postmodernism. This reader makes accessible in one volume key readings to stimulate debate about and within critical realism, including: the transcendental realist philosophy of science elaborated in A Realist Theory of Science; Bhaskar's critical naturalist philosophy of social science; the theory of explanatory critique, which is central to critical realism; and the theme of dialectic, which is central to Bhaskar's most recent writings.

The volume includes extracts from Bhaskar's most important books, as well as selections from all of the other most important contributors to the critical realist program. It also includes both a general introduction and original introductions to each section.

About the Author

Margaret Archer is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick. Roy Bhaskar is author of numerous books in philosophy and sognate areas. Andrew Collier is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton. Tony Lawson is a member of the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge. Alan Norris is Professor of Law at King's College, London.