In Defence Of Objectivity And Other Essays

Author : Andrew Collier
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415305990
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Defence of Objectivity and Other Essays written by Andrew Collier and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume develops and defends critical realism whilst engaging critically with existentialist philosophy in a number of ways. The work of existentialist thinkers as diverse as Kierkegarrd, R.D. Laing, Heideggar and Sartre is discussed at length and Andrew Collier argues that there is much to be learnt from their work, especially in Heidegger's critique of the technological view of the world. However the book concludes with a defence of objectivity against the various forms of subjectivism advanced by the existentialists.

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ISBN 13 : 9781280062353
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Defence of Objectivity and Other Essays written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses the interlocking themes of realism, objectivity, existentialism and (eco-socialist) politics, based on critical realism. However, it moves beyond the purely scientific orientation of earlier contributions to this philosophy, to further develop the themes. The title essay defends objectivity in science, everyday knowledge, and ethics, and examines both subjective idealism and existentialist critiques of objectivity. The other essays examine some of the same themes but from different angles, keeping the politics of the issues at the forefront.

Author : Margaret Archer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134303971
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defending Objectivity written by Margaret Archer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07-31 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Collier is the boldest defender of objectivity - in science, knowledge, thought, action, politics, morality and religion. In this tribute and acknowledgement of the influence his work has had on a wide readership, his colleagues show that they have been stimulated by his thinking and offer challenging responses. This wide-ranging book covers key areas with which defenders of objectivity often have to engage. Sections are devoted to the following: * objectivity of value * objectivity and everyday knowledge * objectivity in political economy * objectivity and reflexivity * objectivity postmodernism and feminism * objectivity and nature The diverse contributions range from social and political thought to philosophy, reflecting the central themes of Collier's work.

Author : Margaret Archer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113430398X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Defending Objectivity written by Margaret Archer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07-31 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Collier is the boldest defender of objectivity - in science, knowledge, thought, action, politics, morality and religion. The diverse contributions range from social and political thought to philosophy.

Author : Richard Mervyn Hare
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198238539
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Objective Prescriptions, and Other Essays written by Richard Mervyn Hare and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: R. M. Hare has brought together in this volume the best of his uncollected essays in moral philosophy, several of them previously unpublished or revised for this collection. They span the whole range of his ethical interests; from the most abstract to the most down-to-earth. The reader will find here the bases of his ethical theory in Kantian prescriptivism, utilitarianism, and the logic of imperatives, and will see that theory applied to issues of bioethics, medical ethics, business ethics, loyalty and obedience, and racism.

Author : Mervyn Hartwig
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317420713
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dictionary of Critical Realism written by Mervyn Hartwig and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-01-30 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dictionary of Critical Realism fulfils a vital gap in the literature, Critical Realism is often criticised for being too opaque and deploying too much jargon, thereby making the concepts inaccessible for a wider audience. However, as Hartwig puts it 'Just as the tools of the various skilled trades need to be precision-engineered for specific, interrelated functions, so meta-theory requires concepts honed for specific interrelated tasks: it is impossible to think creatively at that level without them.' This Dictionary seeks to redress this problem; to throw open the important contribution of Critical Realism to a wider audience for the first time, by thoroughly explaining all the key concepts and key developments. It includes 500 entries on these themes, and has contributions from major players in field. However this text does not stop there, it goes further than simply elucidating the concepts and includes a number of essays which use the notions in important areas, thereby demonstrating the appropriate use of the concepts in action to encourage their wider use. This book will become a requisite reference tool for Critical Realist scholars and Philosophers and Social scientists alike will enjoy this vital introduction and explanatory text of the indispensable ideas contained within the dynamic and vibrant school of Critical Realism.

Author : Wade Rowland
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1628722045
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greed, Inc. written by Wade Rowland and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is it that multinational drug companies hide or falsify unfavorable results? Why do automakers knowingly sell us unsafe cars? Why is big business allowed to poison our environment—and us? Why is our food so unhealthy, with obesity growing at such an alarming rate? Why are we working such long hours and enjoying life less? This timely and important book places the blame for much of what ails contemporary society squarely on one institution: the modern publicly traded corporation, which enjoys the legal status of an individual but does not seem bound by the same legal and moral responsibilities, or, in fact, by its nature that is brutally and implacably selfish. While recognizing the positive contributions corporations have made over the past two centuries to science, technology, and medicine, Rowland examines the greed at the core of it all and pinpoints what went wrong and how we can free ourselves from the “Greed is good” syndrome.

Author : Branwen Gruffydd Jones
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113416467X
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explaining Global Poverty written by Branwen Gruffydd Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The twenty-first century is characterized by extremes of poverty and wealth, of scarcity and abundance. The vast inequalties of wealth distribution between the developed west and the impoverished developing world is a complex problem. This book recognises that Africa in particular has manifested this global disgrace and symbolizes the nature of poverty to the western world. In order to truly emancipate the poverty stricken around the world we must necessarily understand the reasons for its existence. In a departure from traditional critical realist theory, Gruffydd-Jones argues the benefits of reassessing the relevance of objective inquiry and emphasizes its primacy over normative theory in the battle to truly understand the reasons for the African crisis. This approach brings us a book of real relevance for inequality in the modern world and gives us an important platform from which to move forwards in the fight against poverty.

Author : Stephen Ackroyd
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134283679
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Realist Applications in Organisation and Management Studies written by Stephen Ackroyd and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-12-01 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical realism has become increasingly important in the way organization and management is studied. This innovative book argues for an alternative to the prevailing ontology, and shows how positivism and its empirical realist ontology can be abandoned without having to accept strong social constructionism. Critical Realist Applications in Organisation and Management Studies applies critical realism in four ways. First, in the removal of meta-theoretical obstacles that hinder the development of fruitful theoretical and empirical work. Second and third, as a meta-theoretical tool with which to develop appropriate methodological and theoretical frameworks which can then be used to inform appropriate empirical work, and finally, all of this is applied across a broad range of subject areas including critical management studies, accountancy, marketing, health care management, operations research, the nature of work, human resource management, labour process theory, regional analysis, and work and labour market studies. Ideal for postgraduates and professionals, this key book will be a valuable resource across a wide range of subjects.

Author : Julie Lawson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134706650
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critical Realism and Housing Research written by Julie Lawson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the nineteenth century various housing solutions have evolved, such as sprawling Australian home ownership and compact Dutch social rental housing. This phenomenon cannot be adequately explained with simple descriptions of key events, politics and housing outcomes. Critical Realism and Housing Studies pushes debate forward, arguing that a new ontological perspective is required to address fundamental issues in housing and comparative research. This book is clearly organized into three parts which: evaluate ontological and methodological alternatives for comparative housing research provide two historical case studies inspired by critical realist ontology compare the causal tendencies that explain diverging housing pathways in Australia and the Netherlands. Lawson proposes that we turn to critical realism for the solution. From this perspective the causal tendencies of complex, open and structured housing phenomena are highlighted. With this insight we are able to extract the key social arrangements which promote different housing solutions from the historical case studies. Social arrangements which are found to influence alternative pathways in housing history concern the property rights, circuit of savings and investment, as well as labour and welfare relations. As they develop differently over time and space they affect where, when and how housing solutions develop.