Critical realism and the social sciences : heterodox elaborations /
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Imprint: | Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2007. |
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Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 349 pages) : illustrations |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11196130 |
Other authors / contributors: | Frauley, Jon, 1972- editor. Pearce, Frank, editor. |
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ISBN: | 9781442684232 1442684232 9780802092151 0802092152 |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-346) and index. Print version record. |
Summary: | Critical realism is a distinct school of thought in philosophy and the social sciences that has been expanding and growing in significance over the past three decades. It offers important insights into the nature of both our social and natural world, and the nature of the social sciences by challenging conventional notions of the relationship between empirical experiences, actual events, and causal mechanisms. Critical Realism and the Social Sciences brings together contributors from both sides of the Atlantic, all of whom engage with tenets of critical realism, juxtaposing them with traditional representations of social scientific enquiry.United in the belief that the conceptual systems hitherto relied upon affect our styles of thought, ethical choices, political orientations, and so on, the contributors explore realism in relation to other currents of theoretical thought, thus suggesting a basis for evaluation and further elaboration of critical realism. As a whole, the volume seeks to show how this particular approach provides a way to better understand many aspects of social existence, from human attributes to the interrelatedness of human activities and the natural world. In this much-needed study, critical realism is carefully examined, sympathetically assessed, and creatively developed by authors from diverse disciplinary backgrounds. |
Other form: | Print version: Critical realism and the social sciences. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2007 9780802092151 |
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