Critical Realism

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Overview

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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A collection of key readings to stimulate debate about and within critical realism. Four sections of the collection correspond to four parts of the writings of Roy Bhaskar. Part I explores the transcendental realist philosophy of science elaborated in Bhaskar's , and Part II examines his critical naturalist philosophy of social science. Part III is devoted to the theory of explanatory critique, and Part IV addresses the theme of dialectic, central to Bhaskar's most recent writings. Includes extracts from Bhaskar's most important works, as well as selections from other important contributors to the field. Contains a general introduction, and selection introductions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780415196314
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publication date: 9/17/1998
  • Series: Critical Realism Series
  • Pages: 784
  • Product dimensions: 1.63 (w) x 6.14 (h) x 9.21 (d)

Table of Contents

General introduction
Pt. I Transcendental realism and science 1
1 Introduction: Basic texts and developments 3
2 Philosophy and scientific realism 16
3 The logic of scientific discovery 48
4 Conceptual and natural necessity 104
5 Abstraction: A realist interpretation 120
6 Economic science without experimentation / Abstraction 144
Pt. II Critical naturalism and social science 187
7 Introduction: Realism in the social sciences 189
8 Societies 206
9 Stratified explanation and Marx's conception of history 258
10 Realism and social science 282
11 Realism and social science: Some comments on Roy Bhaskar's 'The Possibility of Naturalism' 297
12 A realist social science 313
13 Four concepts of social structure 339
14 Realism and morphogenesis 356
Pt. III The theory of explanatory critiques 383
15 Introduction: Explanatory critiques 385
16 Reason as dialectic: Science, social science and socialist science 395
17 Facts and values: Theory and practice / Reason and the dialectic of human emancipation / Depth, rationality and change 409
18 Explanation and emancipation 444
19 Neutrality in the social sciences: On Bhaskar's argument for an essential emancipatory impulse in social science 473
20 Addressing the cultural system 503
21 The praxiology of legal judgement 544
Pt. IV Dialectic and dialectical critical realism 559
22 Introduction: Dialectic and dialectical critical realism 561
23 Critical realism and dialectic 575
24 Dialectical critical realism and ethics 641
25 The power of negative thinking 688
26 Realism and formalism in ethics 695
27 The limits of justice: Finding fault in the criminal law 702
28 Between structure and difference: Law's relationality 723
Index 740
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