In this episode, I interview Dr Rob Archer and we talk about Roy Bhaskar’s critical realism and how it deals with the crisis of replication.
*What is critical realism?
*What is the role of ontology?
*What is a transcendental argument?
*How does critical realism deal with the issue of replication?
*How has Bhaskar’s critical realism evolved over time and his spiritual turn.
*Where critical realism is going?
Resource mentioned in the episode.
Retiring Popper: Critical realism, falsificationism, and the crisis of replication
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09593543241250079
Critical realism, psychology, and the crisis of replication: A reply to Haig; Derksen & Morawski; and Trafimow
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09593543241279138
Replicating is difficult but necessary, and methodology can help
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09593543241265912
Haig, B. D. (2024). Should psychology adopt Bhaskar’s critical realist philosophy of science? Theory & Psychology, 34(5), 585-590. https://doi.org/10.1177/09593543241265727 (Original work published 2024)
Derksen, M., & Morawski, J. (2024). Replications are informative, particularly when they fail. Theory & Psychology, 34(5), 597-603. https://doi.org/10.1177/09593543241269697
Roy Bhaskar’s works
- The Possibility of Naturalism: A philosophical critique of the contemporary human sciences
- Reflections on metaReality
- The Order of Natural Necessity: A Kind of Introduction to Critical Realism
- From East To West: Odyssey of a Soul (Classical Texts in Critical Realism (Routledge Critical Realism)
- Dialectic: The Pulse of Freedom
Margaret S. Archer book
- Realist Social Theory: The Morphogenetic Approach
Iceberg model
https://changemanagementinsight.com/iceberg-model-of-change-management/
Lipton’s Inference to the best explanation model
Lipton, P. (2017). Inference to the best explanation. A Companion to the Philosophy of Science, 184-193.
