A Realist Theory of Science

The founding text of the philosophical movement of critical realism.

“Compelling reading and as a contribution to the social sciences it deserves to be widely read.” — Times Literary Supplement

Roy Bhaskar is Research Fellow in Philosophy at Linacre College, Oxford and City University, London. He is the author of Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation, Plato, Etc.: The Problems of Philosophy and Their Resolution, and Reclaiming Reality: A Critical Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy.