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1、CRITICALREALISMSincethepublicationofRoyBhaskar'sARealistTheory0/Sciencein1975,criticalrealismhasemergedasoneofthemostpowerfulnewdirectionsinthephilosophyofscienceandsocialscience,offeringarealalternativetobothpositivismandpostmodernism.Thisreaderisdesignedtomakeaccessibleinonevolume,tolayper
2、sonandacademic,studentandteacheralike,keyreadingstostimulatedebateaboutandwithincriticalrealism.ThefourpartsofthereadercorrespondtofourpartsofthewritingsofRoyBhaskar:•partoneexploresthetranscendentalrealistphilosophyofscienceelaboratedinARealistTheoryo/Science•thesecondsectionexaminesBhaskar
3、'scriticalnaturalistphilosophyofsocialscience•partthreeisdevotedtothetheoryofexplanatorycritique,whichiscentraltocriticalrealism•thefinalpartisdevotedtothethemeofdialectic,whichiscentraltoBhaskar'smostrecentwritingsThevolumeincludesextractsfromBhaskar'smostimportantbooks,aswellasselectionsfr
4、omalloftheothermostimportantcontributorstothecriticalrealistprogramme.Thevolumealsoincludesbothageneralintroductionandoriginalintroductionstoeachsection.CRITICALREALISMEssentialReadingsEditedbyMargaretArche�RoyBhaska�AndrewCollie�TonyLawsonandAlanNorrieLondonandNewYorkFirstpublished1998byRou
5、tledge11NewFetterLane,LondonEC4P4EESimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanadabyRoutledge29West35thStreet,NewYork,NY10001©1998SelectionandeditorialmatterMargaretArcher,RoyBhaskar,AndrewCollier,TonyLawsonandAlanNorrieTypesetinGaramondbyRefineCatchLimited,Bungay,SuffolkPrintedandboundinGreatBrita
6、inbyTJInternationalLtd,Padstow,CornwallAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreptoducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingf
7、romthepublishers.BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataAcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryLibraryofCongressCataloguinginPublicationDataAcataloguerecordforthisbookhasbeenrequestedISBN0-415-19631-0(hbk)ISBN0-415-19632-9(pb