03400nam 22007814a 450 991081522700332120200520144314.01-134-31293-81-134-31294-61-280-07585-60-203-41727-510.4324/9780203417270 (CKB)1000000000248949(EBL)200681(OCoLC)56578611(SSID)ssj0000293078(PQKBManifestationID)11277953(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000293078(PQKBWorkID)10270643(PQKB)10201436(SSID)ssj0001143761(PQKBManifestationID)12455986(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001143761(PQKBWorkID)11114819(PQKB)11495610(MiAaPQ)EBC200681(Au-PeEL)EBL200681(CaPaEBR)ebr10098776(CaONFJC)MIL7585(EXLCZ)99100000000024894920030912d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCritical realism, post-positivism, and the possibility of knowledge /Ruth GroffLondon ;New York Routledge20041 online resource (161 p.)Routledge studies in critical realism ;11Description based upon print version of record.0-415-46435-8 0-415-33473-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-148) and index.Cover; Critical Realism, Post-positivism and the Possibility of Knowledge; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction: relativism, anti-realism and causality; 2 On the necessity of necessary connections: critical realism and Kant's transcendental idealism; 3 Natural kinds: critical realism and Putnam's internal realism; 4 Alethic truth; 5 Recovering Aristotle: realism about causality and the social sciences; 6 Conclusion: critical realism and the post-positivist quagmire; Bibliography; IndexGroff 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 debaRoutledge studies in critical realism ;11.RelativityCausationCritical realismKnowledge, Theory ofTruthPositivismRelativity.Causation.Critical realism.Knowledge, Theory of.Truth.Positivism.149/.2Groff Ruth1963-849151MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815227003321Critical realism, post-positivism and the possibility of knowledge3933431UNINA