Critical Realism: Essential Readings - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415196310 ISBN 13 : 9780415196314

Editeur : Routledge, 1998

Synopsis

This reader is designed to make accessible in one volume, to lay person and academic, student and teacher alike, key readings to stimulate debate about and within critical realism. The four parts cover: the transcendmental realist philosophy of science elaborated in A Realist Theory of Science, by Roy Bhaskar; Bhaskar's naturalist philosophy of social science; the theory of explanatory critique, which is central to critical realism; and the theme of dialectice, which is central to Bhaskar's most recent writings. The volume includes extracts from Bhaskar's books, as well as selections from other contributors to the critical realist programme.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Critical realism is a movement in philosophy and the human sciences most closely associated with the work of Roy Bhaskar. Since the publication of Bhaskars A Realist Theory of Science, critical realism has had a profound influence on a wide range of subjects. This reader makes accessible, in one volume, key readings to stimulate debate about and within critical realism.
It explores the following themes:
* transcendental realist
* the theory of explanatory critique
* dialectics
* Bhaskar's critical naturalist philosophy of science.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415196310
• ISBN 13: 9780415196314
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 784
• Éditeur: Archer Margaret, Bhaskar Roy, Collier Andrew, Lawson Tony, Norrie Alan
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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