A Realist Theory of Science
1st Edition
Published on 28. January 2013
304 pages
978-0-203-09073-2 (ISBN)
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First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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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.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Preface
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Philosophy and Scientific Realism
- 1. Two Sides of '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
- Appendix. Orthodox Philosophy of Science and the Implications of Open Systems
- Chapter 3. The Logic of Scientific Discovery
- 1. Introduction: On the Contingency of the Causal Connection
- 2. The Surplus-Element in the Analysis of Law-like Statements: A Critique of the Theory of Models
- 3. Natural Necessity and Natural Kinds: The Stratification of Nature and The Stratification of Science
- 4. The Social Production of Knowledge by Means of Knowledge
- 5. Objections to the Account of Natural Necessity Proposed
- 6. The Problem of Induction
- Appendix. Natural Tendencies and Causal Powers
- Chapter 4. Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science
- Postscript to the Second Edition
- Bibliography
- Index of names
- Index of subjects
