"This book addresses fundamental questions in relation to education and its epistemology. The position taken by the author is critical realist; and thus throughout the relationship between education and critical realism is foregrounded. Themes and issues that surface at differen…
"This book addresses fundamental questions in relation to education and its epistemology. The position taken by the author is critical realist; and thus throughout the relationship between education and critical realism is foregrounded. Themes and issues that surface at differen…
This text offers a user's guide to the philosophical work of Roy Bhaskar. The author expounds the main concepts of Bhaskar's work and defends his theory of knowledge. Part One deals with the philosophy of experimental science and discusses the stratification of nature, showing h…
The work of Roy Bhaskar has had far-reaching effects in the philosophy of science and for political and moral theories of human emancipation. It shows how to overcome the atomistic and narrowly human-centred approaches which have dominated European thought for four centuries. In…
'Reclaiming Reality' provides an accessible introduction to the increasingly influential multi-disciplinary and international body of thought known as critical realism. It is designed to 'underlabour' both for the sciences, especially the human sciences, and for the projects of …
Reclaiming Reality provides the most accessible introduction to the increasingly influential multi-disciplinary and international body of thought, known as critical realism. It is designed to "underlabour" both for the sciences, especially the human sciences, and for the project…
Critical realism as an empirical project : a beginner's guide / |r Joe O'Mahoney and Steve Vincent -- |t Critical realism, research techniques, and research designs / |r Stephen Ackroyd and Jan Ch. Karlsson -- |t Employing a form of critical realist discourse analysis for identi…