This text is one of the cornerstones of the critical realist position, which is now widely seen as offering a viable alternative to move positivism and post modernism. This revised edition includes a new foreword. "A Realist Theory of Science" (originally 1975, reprinted Verso, 1996).
- ISBN10 0415717000
- ISBN13 9780415717007
- Publish Date 10 January 2015 (first published 1 July 1989)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Routledge
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Language English