TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bhaskar,Roy
TI  - A realist theory of science
T2  - Classical texts in critical realism
SN  - 9780415454940
AV  - Q175 .B53 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Science
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [263]-272) and indexes; -- Contents; Preface; Preface to the Second Edition; Inroduction; Chapter 1. Philosophy and Scientific Realism; 1. Two Sides of Knowledge; 2. Three Traditions in the Philosophy of Science; 3. The Transcendental Analysis of Experience; a. The Analysis of Perception; born The Analysis of Experimental Activity; 4. The Status of Ontology and Its Dissolution in Classical Philosophy; 5. Ontology Vindicated and The Real Basis of Causal Laws; 6. A Sketch of a Critique of Empirical Realism; Chapter 2. Actualism and the Concept of a Closure; 1. Introduction: On the Actuality of the Causal Connection; 2. Regularity Determinism and the Quest for a Closure; 3. The Classical Paradigm of Action; 4. Actualism and Transcendental Realism: The Interpretation of Normic Statements; 5. Autonomy and Reduction; 6. Explanation in Open Systems; Appendix. Orthodox Philosophy of Science and the Implications of Open Systems; Chapter 3. the Logic of Scientific Discovery; 1. Introduction: On the Contingency of the Causal Connection; 2. The Surplus-Element in the Analysis of Law-like Statements: A Critique of the Theory of Models; 3. Natural Necessity And Natural Kinds: The Stratification of Nature and The Stratification of Science; 4. The Social Production of Knowledge by Means of Knowledge; 5. Objections to the Account of Natural Necessity Proposed; 6. The Problem of Induction; Appendix. Natural Tendencies and Causal Powers; Chapter 4. Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science; Postscript to the Second Edition; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Subjects
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