Title: Scientific realism and human emancipation /
Authors: Bhaskar, Roy, 1944-
Publisher: Verso,
Year: 1986
Subjects: Science Philosophy; Naturalism.; Positivism.
Abstract: 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.