Critical realism is emerging as a viable philosophical paradigm for conducting social science research, and has been proposed as an alternative to the more prevalent paradigms of positivism and ...

Michael P. Ferber, Critical Realism and Religion: Objectivity and the Insider/Outsider Problem, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 96, No. 1 (Mar ...

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This paper reviews the critical realist critique of the methods of analysis adopted in neoclassical research and argues that there is scope for clearer guidance for economics researchers who wish to ...

For its part, critical realism is marked by a qualified, though vigorous, rejection of strong forms of relativism in understanding nature, whereas pragmatism involves more of an agnostic response, a ...

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In this article we assess, from a critical realist perspective, the role played by replication in theory development. We first present a concise review of critical realism and then reply to the ...

J. Mingers, The Contribution of Critical Realism as an Underpinning Philosophy for OR/MS and Systems, The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 51, No. 11 (Nov., 2000), pp. 1256-1270 ...

This paper examines the treatment of ontology offered by critical realism. It addresses much of the material elaborated upon in two editions of this journal. Three main groups of criticisms are made ...

In this paper, critical realism and activity theory are compared within the context of theorizing technologymediated organizational change. An activity theoretic analysis of the implementation of ...

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This paper examines the treatment of ontology offered by critical realism. It addresses much of the material elaborated upon in two editions of this journal. Three main groups of criticisms are made ...