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Realism
About: Realism is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 10799 publications have been published within this topic receiving 175785 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the relationship between scientific realism and the expansion method and explore the varied historical meanings of contingency; this is followed by a survey of its differential deployment within geographic thought.
Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between scientific realism and the expansion method. The frame of reference for our investigation is their joint conceptualization of “contingency.” We first explore the varied historical meanings of contingency; this is followed by a survey of its differential deployment within geographic thought. Attention then turns to theorizations of contingency in realism and the expansion method. The final portion of the paper assesses the potential for integrating these two analytic traditions within geographic research.
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01 Jan 1992
TL;DR: Grafstein this paper argues that institutions are distinct physical entities not subject to human authorization, and challenges the conventional argument that institutions can be easily reformed or replaced as society's beliefs and preferences dictate.
Abstract: Grafstein offers critiques of the conventional arguments, challenging their view that institutions are human creations automatically reformed or replaced as society's beliefs and preferences dictate He argues that institutions are distinct physical entities not subject to human authorization
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TL;DR: In this paper, a street canvasser soliciting donations for a charitable organization dedicated to helping impoverished children, primed passersby with realism or antirealism were twice as likely to be donors.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a contrast with ontological argument in the natural sciences is drawn to demonstrate the illegitimacy of this manoeuvre, showing that ontological claims can be given some justification, but only when they are derived from research that is widely held to be empirically successful.
Abstract: This article critiques the idea that, by establishing a general framework within which research must be conducted, philosophical argument can ‘take the lead’ in relation to research. It develops Holmwood’s work in this area by examining the ontological arguments put forward by critical realists, which attempt to establish the fundamental characteristics of the social realm prior to the production of empirically successful research in that realm. The article draws on a contrast with ontological argument in the natural sciences to demonstrate the illegitimacy of this manoeuvre, showing that ontological claims can be given some justification, but only when they are derived from research that is widely held to be empirically successful. Realist ontological claims in the social sciences do not have this basis, and it is argued that Bhaskar’s alternative mode of justification for these claims is unconvincing. Archer’s view is also criticized that critical realist arguments should be given a strong regulatory ro...
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01 Jan 1997
TL;DR: In this paper, the short story and the novella are analyzed in the context of novel critical approaches to fiction, and the authors define the types of a novel as follows:
Abstract: Introductory definitions history, genre, culture types of a novel the short story and the novella realism, modernism, postmodernism analyzing fiction studying the novel critical approaches to fiction.
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