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  1. The social construction of what?Ian Hacking - 1999 - Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press.
    Especially troublesome in this dispute is the status of the natural sciences, and this is where Hacking finds some of his most telling cases, from the conflict ...
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  • The reflexive thesis: wrighting sociology of scientific knowledge.Malcolm Ashmore - 1989 - Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
    This unusually innovative book treats reflexivity, not as a philosophical conundrum, but as a practical issue that arises in the course of scholarly research and argument. In order to demonstrate the concrete and consequential nature of reflexivity, Malcolm Ashmore concentrates on an area in which reflexive "problems" are acute: the sociology of scientific knowledge. At the forefront of recent radical changes in our understanding of science, this increasingly influential mode of analysis specializes in rigorous deconstructions of the research practices and (...)
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  • An answer to relativism.Paul Hirst - 1993 - In Judith Squires (ed.), Principled positions: postmodernism and the rediscovery of value. London: Lawrence & Wishart. pp. 50--66.
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  • Regulating criticism: some comments on an argumentative complex.Jonathan Potter, Derek Edwards & Malcolm Ashmore - 1999 - History of the Human Sciences 12 (4):79-88.
    This commentary identifies a range of flaws and contradictions in Parker’s critical realist position and his critique of relativism. In particular we highlight: (1) a range of basic errors in formulating the nature of relativism; (2) contradictions in the understanding and use of rhetoric; (3) problematic recruitment of the oppressed to support his argument; (4) tensions arising from the distinction between working in and against psychology. We conclude that critical realism is used to avoid doing empirical work, on the one (...)
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  • The possibility of naturalism: a philosophical critique of the contemporary human sciences.Roy Bhaskar - 1979 - New York: Routledge.
    Since its original publication in 1979, The Possibility of Naturalism has been one of the most influential works in contemporary philosophy of science and social science. It is a cornerstone of the critical realist position, which is now widely seen as offering a viable alternative to move positivism and postmodernism. This revised edition includes a new foreword.
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  • The Politics of constructionism.Irving Velody & Robin Williams (eds.) - 1998 - Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications.
    The Politics of Constructionism presents a broadranging and critical overview of the many themes of social constructionism and its relevance to contemporary social and political issues. Clearly structured and bringing together leading international contributors from across the social sciences, it offers an invaluable may through this rich body of literature. Major questions and topics explored in its critique and application of constructionist ideas include the theory and practice of scientific method, the development of social and political policy, the use of (...)
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  • Contemporary philosophy of social science: a multicultural approach.Brian Fay - 1996 - Cambridge, Mass: Blackwell.
    This volume provides a lucid and distinct introduction to multiculturalism and the philosophy of social science.
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  • 'I gotta use words when I talk to you' : a response to Death and Furniture.John O'Neill - 1995 - History of the Human Sciences 8 (4):99-106.
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  • Against relativism in psychology, on balance.Ian Parker - 1999 - History of the Human Sciences 12 (4):61-78.
    Relativism in psychology unravels the truth-claims and oppressive\npractices of the discipline, but simply relativizing psychological knowledge\nhas not been sufficient to comprehend and combat the discipline\nas part of the ‘psy-complex’. For that, a balanced review of the contribution\nand problems of relativism needs to work dialectically, and so\nthis article reviews four problematic rhetorical balancing strategies in\nrelativism before turning to the contribution of critical realism. Critical\nrealism exposes positivist psychology’s pretensions to model itself\non what it imagines the natural sciences to be, and it grounds (...)
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  • Aspects of enlightenment: social theory and the ethics of truth.Thomas Osborne - 1998 - London: UCL Press.
    Introduction Of enlightenmentality Blackmail - Negative enlightenment - Critique of enlightenment - Postmodernism - Realism and enlightenment - Aspects of ...
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  • Death and Furniture: the rhetoric, politics and theology of bottom line arguments against relativism.Derek Edwards, Malcolm Ashmore & Jonathan Potter - 1995 - History of the Human Sciences 8 (2):25-49.
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  • Varieties of Relativism.Rom Harré & Michael Krausz - 1997 - Revue Philosophique de la France Et de l'Etranger 187 (2):251-253.
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  • The Rhetorical Turn: Invention and Persuasion in the Conduct of Inquiry.Herbert W. Simons (ed.) - 1990 - University of Chicago Press.
    Concluding with four philosophical essays, this volume of case studies demonstrates how the inventive and persuasive dimensions of scholarly discourse point the way to forms of argument appropriate to our postmodern age.
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  • Varieties of relativism.Rom Harré & Michael Krausz - 1996 - Cambridge, Mass., USA: Blackwell. Edited by Michael Krausz.
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  • Relativism and Reality: A Contemporary Introduction.Robert Kirk - 2000 - Philosophical Quarterly 50 (201):552-553.
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  • Relativism and Reality: A Contemporary Introduction.Robert Kirk - 1999 - New York: Routledge.
    Our thoughts about the world are clearly influenced by such things as point of view, temperament, past experience and culture. However, some thinkers go much further and argue that everything that exists depends on us, arguing that 'even reality is relative'. Can we accept such a claim in the face of events such as floods and other natural disasters or events seemingly beyond our control? 'Realists' argue that reality is independent of out thinking. 'Relativists' disagree, arguing that what there is (...)
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