critical realism
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcriticalandrealism
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critical
adjective
uk/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.kəl/us/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.kəl/
saying that someone or something is bad ...
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realism
noun[U]
uk/ˈrɪə.lɪ.zəm/us/ˈriː.ə-/
a way of thinking and acting based on facts and what is possible, rather than on hopes for things that are unlikely ...
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(Definition ofcriticalandrealismfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Drawing on 'criticalrealism' and 'subtle realism', the arguments for the use of action research in community research and development are explored.
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Therefore,criticalrealismimplies a critique of this historical variant of old institutionalism.
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In fact,criticalrealismcan be regarded as a form of transcendental realism.
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It is emphasised thatcriticalrealismis not a prescriptive methodology, but a research philosophy that supports several complementary methods.
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The purpose of the paper is to promote critical discussion regarding the role ofcriticalrealismin institutionalism.
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First,criticalrealismasserts that the complexity of social situations is such that no general laws can prescribe action for particular instances.
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This approach is a type ofcriticalrealism.
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Finally,criticalrealismasserts that social inquiry is not value neutral and must seek to enhance the values of justice, rationality and truth.
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In opposition to this practice,criticalrealismargues that the social world appears to be 'insusceptible to significant local closure' (1997: 109).
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It is likely thatcriticalrealismwill play a larger role in institutionalism in the future.
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Fifth,criticalrealismasserts that social activity does not simply reproduce situations; it transforms them.
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Now in claiming that the failures of econometrics are due to the nonexistence of local closures,criticalrealismis, in other words, implying that all econometric findings are spurious correlations.
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In this it spans a broad spectrum of faith positions from uncompromising non-realism at one end tocriticalrealismat the other.
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He is regarded as an important representative ofcriticalrealismand as one of the major metaphysicians of the twentieth century.
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Criticalrealismargues for theoretically informed concrete research.
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While the movement's artistic styles vary from nation to nation, it almost always utilizes a form of descriptive orcriticalrealism.
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The two terms were combined by other authors to form the umbrella termcriticalrealism.
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