Author: D. M. Armstrong
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: realism, scientific, universals, amp, volume, nominalism
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 1980-11-28
List price: $26.99
ISBN-10: 0521280338
ISBN-13: 9780521280334

This is a study, in two volumes, of one of the longest-standing philosophical problems: the problem of universals. In volume I David Armstrong surveys and criticizes the main approaches and solutions to the problems that have been canvassed, rejecting the various forms of nominalism and ’Platonic’ realism. In volume II he develops an important theory of his own, an objective theory of universals based not on linguistic conventions, but on the actual and potential findings of natural science. He thus reconciles a realism about qualities and relations with an empiricist epistemology.

Author: Peter J. McCormick
Publisher: The MIT Press
Keywords: realism, irrealism, anti, starmaking
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 1996-06-19
List price: $42.00
ISBN-10: 0262133202
ISBN-13: 9780262133203

"Lasting themes of perennial philosophy, central to our own postmodern culture, are interwoven by authors and editor. To what extent and in what ways is reality an artifact? There is no better introduction to the issue than the resulting collection, an artifact of deep insight and subtle dialectic." -- Ernest Sosa, Professor of Philosophy, Brown University "The discussion presented here is fascinating; the participants could not be more distinguished, and the issues are as engaging as any in contemporary metaphysics. This will make an elegant, handy introduction to some very important

Author: Christopher Norris
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: realism, routledge, critical, studies, scientific, language, challenge, philosophy
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2003-11-11
List price: $180.00
ISBN-10: 0415327857
ISBN-13: 9780415327855

In this book Christopher Norris develops the case for scientific realism by tackling various adversary arguments from a range of anti-realist positions. Through a close critical reading he shows how they fail to make adequate sense on any rational, consistent and scientifically informed survey of the evidence. Along the way he incorporates a number of detailed case-studies from the history and philosophy of science. Also included are the sophisticated versions of verificationism developed by thinkers such as Michael Dummett and Bas van Fraassen. Central to Norris’s argument is a prolong

Authors:Jonathan Joseph, John Michael Roberts,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: realism, critical, studies, deconstruction, discourse, routledge
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2003-11-10
List price: $170.00
ISBN-10: 0415322634
ISBN-13: 9780415322638

This collection reflects the growing interest realist critics have shown towards forms of discourse theory and deconstruction. The diverse range of contributions address such issues as the work of Derrida and deconstruction, discourse theory, Eurocentrism and poststructuralism.

Authors:Margaret S. Archer, Andrew Collier, Douglas V. Porpo
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: critical, realism, interventions, god, transcendence
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2004-06-15
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 0415336171
ISBN-13: 9780415336178

This book explores religious experience as a justifiable reason for religious belief, demonstrating that the three pillars of Critical Realism -- ontological intransitivity, epistemic relativity and judgemental rationality -- can be applied to religion. The three authors are critical realists by philosophical position. They seek to establish a level playing field between religion and secular ideas, which has not existed in the academic world for some generations, in order for reasoned debate to be conducted.

Author: Christop Norris
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: quantum, realism, critical, interventions, mechanics, philosophical, theory, flight, responses
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2000-04-26
List price: $45.95
ISBN-10: 0415223229
ISBN-13: 9780415223225

Quantum Theory and the Flight from Realism is a critical introduction to the long-standing debate concerning the conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics, and the problems it has posed for physicists and philosophers from Einstein to the present. Quantum theory has been a major influence on postmodernism, and presents significant challenges for realists. Clarifying these debates for the non-specialist, Christopher Norris examines the premises of orthodox quantum theory and its impact on various philosophical developments. He subjects a wide range of opponents and supporters of realism to a

Authors:Roy Bhaskar, Margaret Archer, Andrew Collier, Tony 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

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 centra