CRITICAL REALISM – Asia Pacific
"Thou shalt commit ontology."
The second episode of the Bite-Size Critical Realist is a 15-minute talk on existential intransitivity, a central concept in Roy Bhaskar’s original or basic critical realism. It is a concept that is more relevant than ever.
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Here is a 12-minute talk on the critical realist notion of judgemental rationality, its relation to ontological realism and epistemic relativism. These three concepts–often referred to as ‘the holy trinity of critical realism’–are central to the epistemology that emerges from Roy Bhaskar’s philosophy of the sciences.
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CRITICAL REALISM NETWORK – ASIA PACIFIC is happy to announce the launch of THE BITE-SIZE CRITICAL REALIST, a series of mini-lectures on the central concepts and theories of Roy Bhaskar’s original or basic critical realism.
We promise you won’t get indigestion! 🙂
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The 21st Annual Conference of the IACR (International Association of Critical Realism) will be held from the 29th to the 31st of August next year at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences at Lillehammer.
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Hello! If you are interested to join this new network of critical realists living and working in Asia Pacific, kindly accomplish this quick and simple survey.
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We are building a network of critical realists living and working in Asia Pacific. We hope that the CRITICAL REALISM NETWORK – ASIA PACIFIC will connect us with one another, and this connection among fellow educators, philosophers, and social scientists, and thinkers will engender a rich exchange of ideas among us.
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This tribute was written by the author upon hearing of the death of his mentor and friend, Roy Bhaskar on 19 November 2014. Roy was the originator of Critical Realism.
Continue reading “RECLAIMING ROY (IN MEMORY OF A GREAT THINKER AND TEACHER)”