A Study of the Possibility of a Science Associated with a Specific Worldview [PDF]
There are two main sections in this paper. First, we will show that some of the chief 20th-century theories of science either have failed to demonstrate that value judgments do not influence the context of consolidation and determination of science or ...
Mostafa Taqavi
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POR UMA ONTOLOGIA POLÍTICA DOS COLETIVOS
Neste artigo nós polemizamos com as interpretações sociológicas que adotam uma epistemologia e uma ontologia inspiradas no realismo crítico de Roy Bhaskar, particularmente conforme elaboradas no artigo intitulado Vive le collectif!
Rui G. M. Mesquita +1 more
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Actors and networks or agents and structures: towards a realist view of information systems [PDF]
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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What is Technology: A Reflection Based on Bhaskar's Ontology [PDF]
The 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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Of Babies and Bathwater. A Review of Tuukka Kaidesoja Naturalizing Critical Realist Social Ontology
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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REALISMO CRÍTICO E MARXISMO: CONTRIBUIÇÕES À FILOSOFIA DA EDUCAÇÃO MATEMÁTICA
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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Political ecology and ontology: Is literal critical realism the answer? A response to Knudsen
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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On the Relationship of Ian Barbour's and Roy Bhaskar's Critical Realism [PDF]
‘Critical realism’ is to some extent an equivocal term, although its ambiguity has rarely been noticed. The reason for this ambiguity is that the term has constantly been reinvented. Nevertheless, the identity of the label and many family resemblances between its uses allowed for a transfer of thought between these different, although similar concepts,
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Epistemological and ontological indeterminism: Hayek and Schumpeter [PDF]
The 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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Mutual benefits of two multicriteria analysis methodologies: A case study for batch plant design [PDF]
This paper presents a MultiObjective Genetic Algorithm (MOGA) optimization framework for batch plant design. For this purpose, two approaches are implemented and compared with respect to three criteria, i.e., investment cost, equipment number and a ...
Azzaro-Pantel, Catherine +1 more
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