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Critical Realism: Essential Readings (Critical Realism: Interventions)

Authors:Roy Bhaskar, Margaret Archer, Andrew CollierTony La
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: critical, realism, interventions, essential, readings
Number of Pages: 784
Published: 1998-10-15
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0415196329
ISBN-13: 9780415196321

Book Description:

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.


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