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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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Details
- Description
- xlii, 194 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- Classical texts in critical realism
- Uniform Title
- Classical texts in critical realism.
- Subjects
- 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 realismClassical texts in critical realism.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-188) and indexes.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-5411