by Paige Sweet | Apr 25, 2018 | Scholar Spotlight Series
Critical realism shares a natural post-positivist alliance with postcolonial studies and feminist standpoint theory. All three paradigms offer a sharp critique of positivism – its neutral masquerade, its valorization of detached inquiry, its empiricism, its search for...
by Timothy Rutzou | Mar 1, 2018 | Scholar Spotlight Series
There has been a lot of discussion in critical realist circles about whether it is possible to reconcile the work of Margaret Archer and Pierre Bourdieu, two of the great social theorists of recent memory. The main contours of the debate are whether habitus and agency...
by Laura Donnelly | Dec 11, 2017 | Scholar Spotlight Series
We are pleased to announce the launch of the CRITICAL REALISM NETWORK – ASIA PACIFIC (CRN-AP) which is network of educators, philosophers, social scientists and thinkers, living and working in the Asia Pacific region, who are committed to engendering a rich exchange...
by Laura Donnelly | Jul 15, 2017 | Scholar Spotlight Series
***** In this guest post, Simeon J. Newman and George Steinmetz reflect on some of the recent discussions about critical realism and present their own perspective on what they consider to be the essentials of a critical realist position****** The last several...
by Laura Donnelly | Sep 1, 2016 | Scholar Spotlight Series
Towards a Process-Oriented Ontology by Timothy Rutzou In the final presentation of the panel “Causal Powers in the Social Sciences” from IACR 2016, Timothy Rutzou discusses the problem of temporality, process, and change when it comes to our understanding of causation...
by Laura Donnelly | Aug 15, 2016 | Scholar Spotlight Series
During the International Association for Critical Realism (IACR) Annual Conference held in Cardiff, UK from July 19-23rd, 2016, Dave Elder-Vass, Philip Gorski and Timothy Rutzou participated in a panel “Causal Powers in the Social Sciences”. This panel stemmed from...
