Critical realism, post-positivism and the possibility of knowledge / / Ruth Groff
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| Autore: |
Groff Ruth <1963-, >
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| Titolo: |
Critical realism, post-positivism and the possibility of knowledge / / Ruth Groff
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (161 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 149/.2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Relativity |
| Causation | |
| Critical realism | |
| Knowledge, Theory of | |
| Truth | |
| Positivism | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-148) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 deba |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Critical realism, post-positivism and the possibility of knowledge |
| ISBN: | 1-134-31294-6 |
| 1-280-07585-6 | |
| 0-203-41727-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910450345603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge studies in critical realism ; ; 11.