How does emergence help us to think through issues in social theory, sociology, and social science? Since the webinar the other week with Philip Gorski (available here) I have been contemplating a series of interrelated questions: how do we understand… Read More »Thinking about the Re-emergence of Emergence in Social Theory
It is a prevalent habit of philosophers to periodically proclaim the death of realism. Whether it is Ludwig Wittgenstein’s notion of truth as being immanent to particular forms of life, Richard Rorty’s neo-pragmatism which shatters the mirror of nature, or… Read More »Demythologizing Realism
In November 2014 Roy Bhaskar, whose work helped to crystalize the movement of critical realists, passed away. As a way of remembering him, his theoretical work, and his contribution to this project we would like to take a moment to… Read More »Remembering Roy Bhaskar 1944 – 2014
Welcome to our blog for the Critical Realism Network. We are aiming to provide a dialogue about the current state of sociology and the need for a more robust theoretical framework for our research is conducted. This is certainly not… Read More »Welcome to the Critical Realism Network Blog