Critical Realism: Essential Readings
- ISBN-10
- 1136287183
- ISBN-13
- 9781136287183
- Series
- Critical Realism
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 784
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-06-17
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Authors
- Roy Bhaskar, Alan Norrie, Andrew Collier
Description
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.
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