Education, epistemology and critical realism
By: David Scott.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415473491; 9780203883099
Subjects: Education -- Philosophy; Knowledge, Theory of; Critical realism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction and initial thoughts; title: Critical realism and empirical research methods in education; title: Resolving the quantitative-qualitative divide; title: Epistemic relativism, ontological realism, and the possibility of judgemental rationality; title: Educational judgements : epistemic, parasitic and external criteria; title: Judgemental rationality; title: Empirical indicators and causal narratives; title: Structure and agency : key ontological concepts; title: Educational critique; title: Arbitrary and non-arbitrary knowledge.