Author

Publication

2016 - Taylor & Francis Group

Language

English

Word Count

61,000 words, Guess

Page Count

244 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780415583794
  • ISBN-100415583799
  • Library of Congress Control Number2016002746
  • OCLC Control Number953692380
  • OCLC Control Number940957712
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780415583794
  • Open LibraryOL28750618M

Classifications

  • LCCB835
  • LCCB835 .B346 2016

Description

"Since the 1970s, critical realism has grown to address a range of subjects, including economics, philosophy, science, and religion. It has become a complex and mature philosophy. Enlightened Common Sense: The Philosophy of Critical Realism looks back over this development in one concise and accessible volume. The late Roy Bhaskar was critical realism's philosophical originator and chief exponent. He draws on a lifetime's experience to give a definitive, systematic account of this increasingly influential, international and multidisciplinary approach. Critical realism's key element has always been its vindication and deepening of our understanding of ontology. Arguing that realist ontology is inexorable in knowledge and action, Bhaskar sees this as the key to a new enlightened common sense. From the definition of critical realism and its applicability in the social sciences, to explanation of dialectical critical realism and the philosophy of metaReality, this is the essential introduction for students of critical realism" -- From the publisher.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Critical RealismTaylor & Francis Group2016

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