Book 2008

Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation

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Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 2008

Naturalism
Realism
Science, philosophy
Positivism
Social sciences
Philosophy
Liberty
Sciences sociales

This book starts from an assessment of the impasse of contemporary philosophy of science which stems from an incomplete critique of positivism. It then proceeds to a systematic exposition of scientific realism in the form of transcendental realism. This highlights a conception of science as explanatory of a structured differentiated and changing world.