TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Realist Philosophy of the social sciences and economics: a critique
JO  - Cambridge journal of economics
A1  - Baert, Patrick
SP  - 513
EP  - 522
VL  - 20
IS  - 5
N2  - This paper deals with (critical) realism as a contribution to the philosophy of the social sciences. In the first section, critical realism is introduced. Differences from other philosophies of sciences (espicially positivism and falsificationism) are discussed. In the second section, critical realism is criticised: first for failing as a normative philosophy of science, second for relying upon an impoverished notion of knowledge-acquistion, and finally for its unsuitablity as a contribution to social theory.<p /> 
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SN  - 0309-166X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -