Reopening the Wound
Against God and Bhaskar
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21159443 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Garry Potter (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 92-109 |
| Publication date | 2006-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Critical Realism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-7430 • E-ISSN: 1572-5138 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1558/jocr.v5i1.92 |
| OpenAlex | W1541068045 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
This paper revisits the controversy surrounding Bhaskar's ‘spiritualisation’ of critical realism (CR), formally introduced with the publication of From East to West. It describes the principal divisions amongst realists with respect to the five moments of CR theoretical development signified by Bhaskar in terms of his own publications. The article critiques some of his later arguments, such as that for reincarnation; but it also locates and identifies a much earlier error as being consistent with, and fundamental to, the later ideas that so many realists had problems with. The principal error is to be found in the concept of ontological truth
Epistemology · Realism · Reincarnation · Sociology · Computer Science · Critical Realism in Sociology · Evolution and Science Education · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2015 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |