Critical Realism An Introduction to Roy

The work of Roy Bhaskar has had far--reaching effects in the philosophy of science and for political and moral theories of human emancipation. It shows how to overcome the atomistic and narrowly human-centered approaches which have dominated European thought for four centuries.

Acknowledgements

vii

Abbreviations

viii

Preface

ix

Part I Transcendental Realism

Why Realism? Why Transcendental?

3

(28)

Experiment and Depth Realism

31

(39)

The Impossibility of Empiricism and Idealism

70

(37)

Stratification and Emergence

107

(30)

Part II Critical Naturalism

Social Being and Social Knowledge

137

(32)

Explanation and Emancipation

169

(36)

Interventions

205

(32)

Why Critical? How Naturalist?

237

(25)

Biographical Note

262

(2)

Bibliography

264

(5)

Name Index

269

(3)

Subject Index

272

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Critical Realism An Introduction to Roy Bhaskar's Philosophy

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