The philosophy of critical realism and childhood studies [PDF]
Critical realism is a philosophy of social science that analyses and aims to remedy current problems and gaps. Basic tenets of positivist and quantitative research tend to contradict those of qualitative and interpretive research, and critical realism ...
Alderson P +18 more
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Evaluation of the Argument of "Unconceived Alternatives" from the Perspective of Bhaskar's Critical Realism [PDF]
Scientific realism has always faced continuous criticisms from scientific anti-realists. Kyle Stanford's "unconceived alternatives" argument can be seen as a late and troublesome version of these challenges.
Amir Sharifipour +2 more
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Manacled to Identity: Cosmopolitanism, Class, and ‘The Culture Concept’ in Stephen Crane [PDF]
This article begins with a close reading of Stephen Crane’s short story ‘Manacled’ from 1900, which situates this rarely considered short work within the context of contemporary debates about realism.
Althusser Louis +22 more
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М. Gorky as a Theoretician of Literature [PDF]
The essay focuses on the theoretical problem of M. Gorky’s artistic method claiming that Gorky’s work combines elements of realism, Romanticism, and modernism. Already at the beginning of his career, he realized that critical realism was in crisis as his
Olga A. Ovcharenko
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How should we conduct ourselves? Critical realism and Aristotelian teleology : a framework for the development of virtues in pedagogy and curriculum [PDF]
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Journal of Critical Realism on 19 June 2018, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/14767430.2018.1484653.
Sharar, Bushra
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CRITICAL REALISM REDUX: A RESPONSE TO JOSH REEVES
This article combines an appreciation of several themes in Josh Reeves's Against Methodology in Science and Religion: Recent Debates on Rationality and Theology while arguing in favor of critical realism.
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Management Knowledge and Knowledge Management: Realism and Forms of Truth [PDF]
This paper addresses the issue of truth and knowledge in management generally and knowledge management in particular. Based on ideas from critical realism and critical theory, it argues against the monovalent conceptualization of knowledge implicitly or ...
Mingers, John
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Critical Realism and Statistical Methods: A Response to Nash [PDF]
This article offers a defence of critical realism in the face of objections Nash (2005) makes to it in a recent edition of this journal. It is argued that critical and scientific realisms are closely related and that both are opposed to statistical ...
Bhaskar R. +13 more
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A Congregational Study on Mission Readiness: Toward a practical ecclesiology of practical action
The case study investigates mission readiness as a form of church mobilization involving participants and the investigator constructing a framework of ministry practices for analysis.
Mark Harden
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ABSTRACT Background An international Delphi panel of experts developed consensus statements to delineate the circumstances where the risks of dexamethasone as an antiemetic do and do not outweigh its benefits. Procedure Experts in supportive care of pediatric patients were invited to participate.
Negar Shavandi +20 more
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