Possibility of Naturalism A philosophical critique of the contemporary human sciences
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2014
/ Engelsk
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ISBN
9781138798885
Published
2014-07-14
Edition
4. edition
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd; Routledge
Weight
440 gr
Height
234 mm
Width
156 mm
Age
U, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
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Heftet
Number of pages
194
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Biographical note
Roy Bhaskar is the originator of the philosophy of critical realism, and the author of many acclaimed and influential works includingA Realist Theory of Science, The Possibility of Naturalism, Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation, Dialectic: the pulse of freedom, Plato Etc., From Science to Emancipation and (with Mervyn Hartwig) The Formation of Critical Realism. He is an editor of Critical Realism: essential readings and Interdisciplinarity and Climate Change and was the founding chair of the Centre for Critical Realism. He is currently a World Scholar at the University of London Institute of Education.Since its original publication in 1979, The Possibility of Naturalism has been one of the most influential works in contemporary philosophy of science and social science. It is one of the cornerstones of the critical realist position, which is now widely seen as offering perhaps the only viable alternative to positivism and post positivism. This fourth edition contains a new foreword from Mervyn Hartwig, who is founding editor of the Journal of Critical Realism and editor and principal author of the Dictionary of Critical Realism.
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Product details
ISBN
9781138798885
Published
2014-07-14
Edition
4. edition
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd; Routledge
Weight
440 gr
Height
234 mm
Width
156 mm
Age
U, 05
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
194
Author