The problem Judgmental rationality, or the ability to evaluate different positions as being better or worse, is a very easy ideal to call for, but is often undeveloped and under-theorized. ‘Critical realism’ begins with the critique of simplistic accounts of realism… Read More »What are the Criteria of Judgmental Rationality?
Dr. Timothy Rutzou interviews Professor Margaret Archer (Centre for Social Ontology) her recent book with Pierpaolo Donati, The Relational Subject (Cambridge University Press), which was awarded the Cheryl Frank Memorial Prize 2015. In their recent work, The Relational Subject, Archer… Read More »Interview with Professor Margaret Archer on ‘The Relational Subject’
Dr. Timothy Rutzou conducted an interview with Professor Margaret Archer (Sociology, University of Warwick) after the Causal Powers and Social Sciences Conference. In this interview, Archer discusses how she developed the morphogenetic approach as a critique of positivism from her early… Read More »Interview with Professor Margaret Archer on the Morphogenetic Approach
As Project Manager, I’ve been immersed in the literature surrounding critical realism from different perspectives and a variety of disciplines. Building off Dr. Margarita Mooney’s blog post on 5 Great Articles Using Critical Realism in Social Science Research, I’ve completed… Read More »How is Critical Realism being applied across multiple disciplines?
Margarita Mooney first published this blog entry on Patheos on April 29, 2016. As part of my interest in using critical realism to teach sociological research methods, I drafted the following syllabus ideas. Although I haven’t yet taught this class, I’m… Read More »Using Critical Realism to Teach the Fundamentals of Sociological Research for Practitioners
Margarita Mooney first published this blog entry on Patheos on April 17, 2016. In my upcoming webinar on critical realism and research methods, I plan to propose 2 ways to incorporate CR into research methods classes. Remember, CR is not… Read More »Incorporating Critical Realism into Research Methods Classes
Margarita Mooney first published this blog entry on Patheos on April 17, 2016. This post is about my five favorite articles that explicitly use critical realism as a meta-theoretical framework. Three of the articles I summarize below (Danermark, Decoteau, and Mooney)… Read More »5 Great Articles Using Critical Realism in Social Science Research
Margarita Mooney first published this blog entry on Patheos on April 16, 2016. Although I’m a sociologist, I’ve included books from other disciplines as well, such as economics, disability studies, and management. Even though I can’t say enough good things… Read More »Books on Critical Realism and Sociological Research Methods
Online academic resources are indispensable for scholars today. Repositories like online journals, library databases, and academic search engines have altered how the majority of research is conducted. But with the avalanche of online archives, it can be time consuming and often… Read More »Online Resources to learn about Critical Realism
The Critical Realism Network held its first conference on Causal Powers and Social Science from March 4-5 in New Haven, Connecticut. The conference was co-organized by Professor Philip Gorski (Sociology, Yale University) and Professor Ruth Groff (Political Theory, St. Louis… Read More »Causal Powers & Social Science Conference Highlights