The WSCR Bibliography | The BHASKAR Archive | The WSCR Archive A Realist Theory of Science Copyright © 1975 by Roy Bhaskar Preface Introduction Introduction (cont.) Chapter 1. Philosophy and Scientific Realism Two Sides of 'Knowledge' Three Traditions in the Philosophy of Science The Transcendental Analysis of Experience The Status of Ontology and Its Dissolution in Classical Philosophy Ontology Vindicated and The Real Basis of Causal Laws Ontology Vindicated and The Real Basis of Causal Laws (cont.) A Sketch of a Critique of Empirical Realism Chapter 2. Actualism and the Concept of Closure Introduction: On the Actuality of the Causal Connection Regularity Determinism and the Quest for a Closure The Classical Paradigm of Action Actualism and Transcendental Realism: The Interpretation of Normic Statements Autonomy and Reduction Explanation in Open Systems   Appendix. Orthodox Philosophy of Science and the Implications of Open Systems Chapter 3. The Logic of Scientific Discovery Introduction: On the Contingency of the Causal Connection The Surplus-Element in the Analysis of Law-like Statements: A Critique of the Theory of Models Natual Necessity and Natural Kinds: The Stratification of Nature and The Stratification of Science The Social Production of Knowledge by Means of Knowledge Objections to the Account of Natural Necessity Proposed The Problem of Induction   Appendix. Natural Tendencies and Causal Powers Chapter 4. Metaphysics and the Philosophy of Science [Note: the unlinked sections above have not yet been posted to the BHASKAR list.] The WSCR Bibliography | The BHASKAR Archive | The WSCR Archive