Critical realism, post-positivism, and the possibility of knowledge /
Groff defends 'realism about causality' through close discussions of Kant, Hilary Putnam, Brian Ellis and Charles Taylor, among others.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2004.
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| ISBN: | 0203417275 9780203417270 9780415334730 041533473X |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: relativism, anti-realism and causality; On the necessity of necessary connections: critical realism and Kant's transcendental idealism; Natural kinds: critical realism and Putnam's internal realism; Alethic truth; Recovering Aristotle: realism about causality and the social sciences; Conclusion: critical realism and the post-positivist quagmire; Bibliography; Index.