Regulating Criticism: Some Comments on an Argumentative Complex  

Oleh:

Ashmore, Malcolm ; Edwards, Derek ; Potter, Jonathan

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: History of the Human Sciences vol. 12 no. 4 (Nov. 1999), page 79–88.
Topik: critical realism; interdisciplinary engagement; psychology; relativism; rhetoric
Fulltext: 79.pdf (153.55KB)

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This commentary identifies a range of flaws and contradictions in Parker’s critical realist position and his critique of relativism. In particular we highlight: (1) a range of basic errors in formulating the nature of relativism; (2) contradictions in the understanding and use of rhetoric; (3) problematic recruitment of the oppressed to support his argument; (4) tensions arising from the distinction between working in and against psychology. We conclude that critical realism is used to avoid doing empirical work, on the one hand, and to avoid scholarly interdisciplinary engagement, on the other.

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