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A Realist Theory of Science (Radical Thinkers)

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If you REALLY want to understand Critical Realism, you have to read this book. Now be warned that it is a difficult read for those without a philosophical background. You will have to reread sections of it several times and it will take you a while to get it. Especially because it is a paradigm shift from what you are thinking now.

If you want to start with something less challenging, you might start with Collier's introduction to Bhaskar's thought.

One of the most important contributions to the philosophy of science. Essential reading for philosophically-inclined scientists and social scientists.

This book is the source of a distinct paradigm in management research. The author raised many issues related to the assumptions that had been used as a basis for positivism, and suggests new approach of what he called realist science.

I can bet that 99% of normal people will find this book a mental torture, very few will ever proceed beyond page 2 of this book. If you imagine a long bearded person with long hair, sitting in a room full of books and muttering to himself of something totally incomprehensible while jotting something in a book, THIS is exactly the kind of book that you are going to read. In short, stay away unless if you have a commitment to enhance your knowledge in the philosophy of social science, which is not typical unless if you're enrolled in the first year PhD in Management. Good luck!