Roy Bhaskar is the originator of the philosophy of critical realism, and the author of many acclaimed and influential works including A Realist Theory of Science, The Possibility of Naturalism, Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation, Reclaiming Reality and Dialectic: The Pulse of Freedom. He is an editor of the recently published Critical Realism: Essential Readings and is currently chair of the Centre for Critical Realism.
Introduction Chapter 1. Philosophy and Scientific Realism 1. Two Sides o f
'Knowledge' 2. Three Traditions in the Philosophy of Science 3. The
Transcendental Analysis of Experience A. The Analysis of Perception B. The
Analysis of Experimental Activity 4. The Status of Ontology and Its
Dissolution in Classical Philosophy 5. Ontology Vindicated and The Real
Basis of Causal Laws 6. A Sketch of a Critique of Empirical Realism Chapter
2. Actualism and the Concept of a Closure 1. Introduction: On the Actuality
of the Causal Connection 2. Regularity Determinism and the Quest for a
Closure 3. The Classical Paradigm of Action 4. Actualism and Transcendental
Realism: The Interpretation of Normic Statements 5. Autonomy and Reduction
6. Explanation in Open Systems