Critical realism

Critical realism is a movement in philosophy and the human sciences most closely associated with the work of Roy Bhaskar. Since the publication of Bhaskar's A Realist Theory of Science, critical realism has had a profound influence on a wide range of subjects. This reader makes accessible, in one volume, key readings to stimulate debate about and within critical realism.

It explores the following themes:

• transcendental realist
• the theory of explanatory critique
• dialectics
• Bhaskar's critical naturalist philosophy of science