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- catalog abstract ""Ruth Groff argues that a critical realist approach to the concept of causality allows for a compelling response to the idea that all claims about the world are equally valid. Relativism, Groff observes, presupposes that the world is all possible ways - that it has no determinate, intrinsic features. The neo-Aristotelian view of causality advanced by critical realists (viz., that causality is a matter of the real powers that things have, in virtue of what they are, to affect other things in specific ways) represents a powerful challenge to the anti-realism that is at the heart of contemporary relativism." "Groff defends "realism about causality" through close discussions of Kant, Hilary Putnam, Brain Ellis and Charles Taylor, among others. In so doing she affirms critical realism, but with several important qualifications. In particular, she rejects the theory of truth advanced by Roy Bhaskar. She also attempts to both clarify and correct earlier critical realist attempts to apply realism about causality to the social sciences." "By connecting issues in metaphysics and philosophy of science to the problem of relativism, Groff bridges the gap between the philosophical literature and broader debates surrounding socio-political theory and poststructuralist thought. This approach will make the book of interest to philosophers and socio-political theorists alike."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13137960.
- catalog created "2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2004.".
- catalog description ""By connecting issues in metaphysics and philosophy of science to the problem of relativism, Groff bridges the gap between the philosophical literature and broader debates surrounding socio-political theory and poststructuralist thought. This approach will make the book of interest to philosophers and socio-political theorists alike."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""Groff defends "realism about causality" through close discussions of Kant, Hilary Putnam, Brain Ellis and Charles Taylor, among others. In so doing she affirms critical realism, but with several important qualifications. In particular, she rejects the theory of truth advanced by Roy Bhaskar. She also attempts to both clarify and correct earlier critical realist attempts to apply realism about causality to the social sciences."".
- catalog description ""Ruth Groff argues that a critical realist approach to the concept of causality allows for a compelling response to the idea that all claims about the world are equally valid. Relativism, Groff observes, presupposes that the world is all possible ways - that it has no determinate, intrinsic features.".
- catalog description "1. Introduction : relativism, anti-realism and causality -- 2. On the necessity of necessary connections : critical realism and Kant's transcendental idealism -- 3. Natural kinds : critical realism and Putnam's internal realism -- 4. Alethic truth -- 5. Recovering Aristotle : realism about causality and the social sciences -- 6. Conclusion : critical realism and the post-positivist quagmire.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The neo-Aristotelian view of causality advanced by critical realists (viz., that causality is a matter of the real powers that things have, in virtue of what they are, to affect other things in specific ways) represents a powerful challenge to the anti-realism that is at the heart of contemporary relativism."".
- catalog extent "xii, 153 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "041533473X".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : Routledge,".
- catalog subject "149/.2 22".
- catalog subject "BD221 .G76 2004".
- catalog subject "Causation.".
- catalog subject "Critical realism.".
- catalog subject "Knowledge, Theory of.".
- catalog subject "Positivism.".
- catalog subject "Relativity.".
- catalog subject "Truth.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Introduction : relativism, anti-realism and causality -- 2. On the necessity of necessary connections : critical realism and Kant's transcendental idealism -- 3. Natural kinds : critical realism and Putnam's internal realism -- 4. Alethic truth -- 5. Recovering Aristotle : realism about causality and the social sciences -- 6. Conclusion : critical realism and the post-positivist quagmire.".
- catalog title "Critical realism, post-positivism, and the possibility of knowledge / Ruth Groff.".
- catalog type "text".