Critical Realism: An Introduction to Roy Bhaskar’s Philosophy - Tapa dura

This text offers a user's guide to the philosophical work of Roy Bhaskar. The author expounds the main concepts of Bhaskar's work and defends his theory of knowledge. Part One deals with the philosophy of the experimental sciences. Part Two discusses the human sciences, exploring Bhaskar's understanding of the human world and the ways in which it is studied, in ethics, politics, economics, psychoanalysis and linguistics. Finally, Collier discusses some criticisms and unresolved problems of critical realism.