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The possibility of naturalism : a philosophical critique of the contemporary human sciences

Title: The possibility of naturalism : a philosophical critique of the contemporary human sciences / Roy Bhaskar.
Author: Bhaskar, Roy, 1944-2014.
Publication: London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.

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Description

xlii, 194 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Series Statement

Classical texts in critical realism

Uniform Title

Classical texts in critical realism.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-188) and indexes.

Contents

Transcendental realism and the problem of naturalism. The problem of naturalism -- How is a philosophy of science possible? Experiment and application : the intransitive dimension -- Discovery and development : the transitive dimension The social sciences and philosophy -- Towards a new critical naturalism -- Societies. Against individualism -- On the society/person connection -- Some emergent properties of social systems -- On the limits of naturalism -- Social science as critique : facts, values and theories -- Agency. Agents, reasons and causes I : objections to naturalism -- Agents, reasons and causes II : naturalism vindicated -- Emergent powers and materialism I : against reductionism -- Emergent powers and materialism II : in defence of transcategorial causality -- Rational explanation -- Philosophies. Metaphilosophical preliminaries -- The critique of the positivist tradition : explanation, prediction and confirmation -- The critique of the hermeneutical tradition I : concepts, reasons and rules -- The critique of the hermeneutical tradition II : explanation and understanding -- The hermeneutical circle and the logic of emanicipation.

Call Number

JFE 16-5411

ISBN

1138798894
9781138798892
1138798886
9781138798885
1134639392
9781134639397
1134639422
9781134639427
1134639384
9781134639380
1134639414
9781134639410
1134639376
9781134639373
1134639368
9781134639366
131762985X
9781317629856
1317629841
9781317629849
9781315756332 (ebk) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2015301393

OCLC

872522672

Author

Bhaskar, Roy, 1944-2014.

Title

The possibility of naturalism : a philosophical critique of the contemporary human sciences / Roy Bhaskar.

Publisher

London ; New York : Routledge, 2015.

Edition

Fourth edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Classical texts in critical realism

Classical texts in critical realism.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-188) and indexes.

Research Call Number

JFE 16-5411

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