Critical Realism, Post-positivism and the Possibility of Knowledge by Ruth Groff
Groff defends 'realism about causality' through close discussions of Kant, Hilary Putnam, Brian Ellis and Charles Taylor, among others. In so doing she affirms critical realism, but with several important qualifications. In particular, she rejects the theory of truth advanced by Roy Bhaskar. She also attempts to both clarify and correct earlier critical realist attempts to apply realism about causality to the social sciences.By connecting issues in metaphysics and philosophy of science to the problem of relativism, Groff bridges the gap between the philosophical literature and broader debates surrounding socio-political theory and poststructuralist thought. This unique approach will make the book of interest to philosophers and socio-political theorists alike.-
Explaining Society
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Critical Realism and Composition Theory
- Democracy and Human Nature
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On Christian Belief
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Philosophy of Language and the Challenge to Scientific Realism
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The Question of Emergence
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Codes of Corruption
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The Reality of Knowledge
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The Sociological Theory of Margaret Archer
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Sociology, Health and the Fractured Society
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Religious Education from a Critical Realist Perspective
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Critical Realism, Feminism, and Gender: A Reader
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Working with Critical Realism
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Contributions to Social Ontology
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Empiricism and the Metatheory of the Social Sciences
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Explaining Global Poverty
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Revitalizing Causality
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Engendering the State
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Emergentist Marxism
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Realism Discourse and Deconstruction
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Ontology of Sex
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Defending Objectivity
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Education Policy and Realist Social Theory
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Interdisciplinarity and Wellbeing
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Big Picture Perspectives on Planetary Flourishing
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Hegemony
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The Space that Separates: A Realist Theory of Art
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Social and Ethnic Inequalities in the Cypriot Education System
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The Subject of Human Being
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Ethical Consumption: Practices and Identities
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A Philosophical History of German Sociology
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Explaining Morality
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The Morphogenesis of the Norwegian Educational System
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Realism and Sociology
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Against the Spiritual Turn
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Critical Realism
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In Defence of Objectivity
'A 'must read' for anybody seeking to advance their understanding of CR' - Nursing Philosophy, 7
' Ruth Groff attests to the challenging, dynamic and fluid nature of CR thought through sympathetic but relentlessly critical engagement with Bhaskar's unfolding legacy' - Martin Lipscomb, University of the West of England
Ruth Groff is a Visiting Assistant Professor at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is interested in the history of Western social, political and moral thought and in theories about causality and the concept of truth. Past publications include The Truth of the Matter, a systematic critique of Roy Bhaskar's theory of truth.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415464352 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415464358 |
| Title | Critical Realism, Post-positivism and the Possibility of Knowledge |
| Author | Ruth Groff |
| Series | Routledge Studies In Critical Realism |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year published | 2007-12-04 |
| Number of pages | 168 |
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