The Bet, The
Truth in Science, Literature and Everyday Knowledges
Garry Potter(Author)
Ashgate Publishing Limited
Published on 18. May 1999
Book
Hardback
248 pages
978-1-84014-985-2 (ISBN)
Description
This volume works within the (relatively) new emergent school of thought known as critical realism and further develops some of its ideas. It shares this school of thought's emphasis upon (structured) ontology but differs from it in two ways. First, it begins from a reflection upon the conditions of possibility for producing everyday knowledges rather than upon scientific practice. Second, it attempts to provide its strongest justification through a reflection upon what might be considered its most difficult case - the analysis of non-naturalistic fiction. It thus also provides, as well as an epistemology, a philosophy of science and a theory of reference and meaning, a critique of contemporary (poststructuralist and postmodernist) literary theory and criticism. The disciplinary extension of a stylistic celebration of ambiguity to social scientific analysis and writing comes in for particularly strong criticism.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 157 mm
Width: 226 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84014-985-2 (9781840149852)
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Content
Not so naive realism - basic principles of realism and materialism; correspondence (side 1) - signifier, signified and referent; correspondence (side 2) - epistemological levels and ontological complexity; realism versus conventionalism - socio-historical determinants of scientific practices; hermeneutical realism; structure, consciousness and change; the objectivity of inter-subjective meaning and the ontology of fictional realities; the turning point; the literary canon; science as a value and the value of science.