Roy Bhaskar

Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation

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Produktbeschreibung

Following on from Roy Bhaskar's first two books, A Realist Theory of Science and The Possibility of Naturalism, Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation, establishes the conception of social science as explanatory-and thence emancipatory-critique. Reissued with a new introduction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9780415454957
• ISBN-10: 0415454956
• Artikelnr.: 26002645

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Chapter One - Scientific Realism and the Aporias of Contemporary Philosophy
Chapter Two - Critical Naturalism and the Dialectic of Human Emancipation
Chapter Three - The Positivist Illusion: Sketch of a Philosophical Ideology at Work
Index