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A Critical Note on Bhaskar and Systems Theory
G. Carchedi
Issue:
RP 033
Date:
Spring 1983
Category:
Article
Tags:
closed and open systems
Critical Realism
explanatory value of counter -tendencies
fact-value distinction
generative mechanisms
internal contradiction v. closed system logic
laws
natural laws
philosophy of science
problematic use of empiricism
realism
Roy Bhaskar
social laws
social theory
Von Bartalanffy
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