Critical Realism

[Alan M Dunsmuir]

My son is about to start on his final year at the University of
Southampton, studying Politics and Modern History, with Philosophy.

It appears that the coming year's work in Philosophy is going to be
centred around a course on 'Critical Realism', to be given by the senior
lecturer, Andrew Collier. Apart from being aware that Mr Collier appears
to be a major disciple of Roy Bhaskar, the creator of Critical Realism,
I have absolutely no knowledge of this school.

Could somebody who has had realistic contact with its ideas provide an
objective, dispassionate view of its place within modern philosophy, and
an assessment of claims that it allows the effective resolution of
previously intractable problems on the interface between philosophy and
science?

Many thanks for your time.
--
Alan M Dunsmuir

[Stephen Grossman]

In article <XAufUBAV...@moonrake.demon.co.uk>, Alan M Dunsmuir
<al...@moonrake.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> It appears that the coming year's work in Philosophy is going to be
> centred around a course on 'Critical Realism', to be given by the senior
> lecturer, Andrew Collier. Apart from being aware that Mr Collier appears
> to be a major disciple of Roy Bhaskar, the creator of Critical Realism,
> I have absolutely no knowledge of this school.

I believe that "Critical Realism" is a dishonest name for some Pragmatism.

Reason is man's basic means of survival. AYN RAND
I want to be Harry Lime and have maddening zither music follow me about.
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