304 Pages
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Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
267 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this concise text, Roy Bhaskar sets out to diagnose, explain and resolve the "problems of philosophy". Plato Etc. reviews all the main areas of the subject: the theory of knowledge and philosophy of science; the philosophy of logic and language; the philosophies of space, time and causality; the philosophy of the social and life sciences and of dialectic; ethics, politics and aesthetics; and... Read more
INTRODUCTION, PREFACE, 1 IS PHILOSOPHY WORTH IT?, 2 EXPLANATION AND THE LAWS OF NATURE, 3 REFERENCE, TRUTH AND MEANING, 4 CAUSALITY, CHANGE AND EMERGENCE, 5 MAKING IT HAPPEN (SOCIAL AGENCY), 6 DIALECTIC, 7 LIVING WELL, 8 DIALECTICAL CRITICAL REALISM, 9 SOCRATES AND SO ON?, 10 PHILOSOPHY AND THE DIALECTIC OF EMANCIPATION, APPENDIX: EXPLAINING PHILOSOPHIES, NOTES, GLOSSARY, INDEX
Biography
Roy Bhaskar is the originator of the philosophy of critical realism, and the author of many acclaimed and influential works including A Realist Theory of Science, The Possibility of Naturalism, Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation, Reclaiming Reality and Dialectic: The Pulse of Freedom. He is an editor of the recently published Critical Realism: Essential Readings and is currently chair of the Centre for Critical Realism.
