Scientific realism and human emancipation
by Bhaskar, Roy
fromKey texts in critical realism
by Bhaskar, Roy
fromKey texts in critical realism
by Bhaskar, Roy
fromKey texts in critical realism
by Bhaskar, Roy
fromKey texts in critical realism
Following on from Roy Bhaskar's first two books, A Realist Theory of Science and The Possibility of Naturalism, Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation, establishes the conception of social science as explanatory--and thence emancipatory--critique. Reissued with a new introduc…
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