Why critical realism fails to justify critical social research [PDF]
, 2009 Many social scientists have argued that research should be designed to perform a ‘critical’ function, in the sense of challenging the socio-political status quo.
Hammersley, Martyn
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Where constructionism and critical realism converge: interrogating the domain of epistemological relativism [PDF]
, 2011 The paper interrogates the status, nature and significance of epistemological relativism as a key element of constructionism and critical realism. It finds that epistemological relativism is espoused by authorities in critical realism and marginalized or
A Hesketh +83 more
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REALISMO CRÍTICO E MARXISMO: CONTRIBUIÇÕES À FILOSOFIA DA EDUCAÇÃO MATEMÁTICA
Contexto & Educação, 2019 O presente artigo procura elucidar pontos nodais do Realismo Crítico com relação as compreensões de verdade científica e progresso da ciência, explicando conceitos chaves como estratificação e emergência da realidade, relativismo epistemológico ...
Guilherme Wagner, Everaldo Silveira
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Actors and networks or agents and structures: towards a realist view of information systems [PDF]
, 2007 Actor-network theory (ANT) has achieved a measure of popularity in the analysis of information systems. This paper looks at ANT from the perspective of the social realism of Margaret Archer.
Alistair Mutch +43 more
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Of Babies and Bathwater. A Review of Tuukka Kaidesoja Naturalizing Critical Realist Social Ontology
Journal of Social Ontology, 2015 Tuukka Kaidesoja’s new book is a welcome addition to the literature on critical realism. He shows good judgement in defending Roy Bhaskar’s argument for causal powers while criticising its framing as a transcendental argument.
Elder-Vass Dave
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What is Technology: A Reflection Based on Bhaskar's Ontology [PDF]
Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- KalāmīThe article demonstrates that technology is a product of the complex interaction between humans and natural, artificial, and social structures, which enables the creation of various forms of technology.
Mostafa Taqavi, Maryam Poostforush
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Political ecology and ontology: Is literal critical realism the answer? A response to Knudsen
Journal of Political Ecology, 2023 In a recent article in this journal, Ståle Knudsen argues that the recent trend to flat ontology in political ecology is mistaken, and urges more engagement with critical realism as introduced by Roy Bhaskar.
Tim Forsyth
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Epistemological and ontological indeterminism: Hayek and Schumpeter [PDF]
PanoeconomicusThe aim of this article is to compare and contrast the ideas of Friedrich von Hayek and Joseph Alois Schumpeter, who both adopted an indeterminist approach in their economic analyses, through a discussion of their relative strengths and weaknesses.
Soylu Fatma Esra
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Radical alterity is just another way of saying “reality”: a reply to Eduardo Viveiros de Castro [PDF]
, 2015 As a response to Eduardo Viveiros de Castro’s critique of my essay “Fetishes are gods in the process of construction,” this paper enters into critical engagement with anthropological proponents of what has been called the “ontological turn.” Among other ...
Graeber, David
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Revista Iberoamericana de Psicología, 2021 Los psicólogos forenses realizan evaluaciones psicológicas de orden científico, con el fin de ayudar a responder una pregunta de la administración de justicia.
Santiago Amaya Nassar
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