Against Critical Realism
- 1 October 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Capital & Class
- Vol. 18 (3) , 113-136
- https://doi.org/10.1177/030981689405400106
Abstract
It has been claimed that the ontological theories of Roy Bhaskar can provide guiding principles for social scientists, which can help steer them through errors and misconceptions. This article argues that neither Bhaskar's ‘critical realism’ nor any overarching philosophical ontology, can provide workable guiding principles for social scientific research, and that such principles are unnecessary.Keywords
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