A Realist Theory of Science
Published on 17. April 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
284 pages
978-1-85984-103-7 (ISBN)
Description
This brilliant, systematic and original study describes how only a conception of science as a social activity attempting to capture ever deeper structures of the world can reconcile the conflicting insights of empiricism and rationalism.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
404 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85984-103-7 (9781859841037)
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Roy Bhaskar is an independent scholar and founder of the critical realist movement in the social sciences. He is the author of several books, including The Possibility of Naturalism, Reclaiming Reality, Dialectic: The Pulse of Freedom and Philosophy and the Idea of Freedom.