Wendy Olsen on Epistemic Relativism
In the first of our recent #CRMatters webinars, Wendy Olsen introduced the concept of epistemic relativism. These slides offer a taster of the talk and we’ll be publishing the video itself in the near future:
Blog posts
Critical Realism Matters Webinar Series
Critical Realism Matters is a new series of webinar events held to showcase and celebrate the enormous potential of critical realism. The first pair of webinars, taking place on Saturday 16 November, 2019, have been planned to commemorate the 5th anniversary… Read More »Critical Realism Matters Webinar Series
Julian Go’s Post-Positivist, Postcolonial Realism
A post by Paige Sweet. 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… Read More »Julian Go’s Post-Positivist, Postcolonial Realism
Do Not Consider Yourself Free: CW Mills the Realist?
One does not associate the term “realism” with CW Mills. Conventionally, pragmatism is his home. But, that’s mostly because no one (but the kids) took a peace-oriented realist seriously. Indeed, after reading The Causes of World War III there can be little doubt that Mills was a realist. A quick example, that I’ll deal with in more detail below…
Facts and values in Trumpology: the case for realism
This is a guest blog post from Emma Greeson as part of our “Dear Sociologist” series. Emma is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego. Her work focuses on exchange and valuation, bringing… Read More »Facts and values in Trumpology: the case for realism
Six Epistemic Challenges for Ethnographers (and how critical realism might help)
As a result of a series of workshops undertaken over the course of the year, a group of us decided to sit down and have a frank discussion about ethnography; both our own personal experiences as we have gone about… Read More »Six Epistemic Challenges for Ethnographers (and how critical realism might help)
A tale of two systems: The perennial debate about Archer and Bourdieu
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… Read More »A tale of two systems: The perennial debate about Archer and Bourdieu
Listen Sociologist! The Post-Positivist Revolution in Sociology
Dear Sociologist, I have been thinking over your article’s recent rejection, your gripes about the field, and the trouble with academic publishing. I am of the opinion that academic sociology journals may never deliver us what we really want —… Read More »Listen Sociologist! The Post-Positivist Revolution in Sociology
Announcing the launch of the Critical Realism Network – Asia Pacific
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 of… Read More »Announcing the launch of the Critical Realism Network – Asia Pacific
Two Key Takeaways From The Beyond Positivism Conference by a Critical Realist Orphan in Japan
This is a guest blog post written by Joselito Ranara JIMENEZ from Osaka, Japan, who presented at the Beyond Positivism: Theory, Methods, and Values in Social Science Conference in Montreal, Canada in August 2017. This post first appeared on http://www.critrealap.net With… Read More »Two Key Takeaways From The Beyond Positivism Conference by a Critical Realist Orphan in Japan