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Introduction To Social Theories

By Abhijit Pathak

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On The Topic

Critical Realism

Prof. Bhaskar Roy

What this concept is talking all about?

Reality

Social reality Natural reality

Concept

• Bhaskar says that there are events which are in front of our eyes and that is a reality .

• But there is also a reality which is independent of reality which we see and constructs and those realities which is directly observable, these realities lies in structures which exist independently of the events if we can see those we can achieve objectivity of the world.

Methodology

• To find out the natural reality it applies methodological pluralism.

• Rejects methodological relativism.• Here all possible explanation can be

applied but can’t be predicted rather they act as tendencies for the occurred event.

Application in research

• Applied in qualitative research which basically in depth analyses of the any said event or theme.

• Ex- ladies coach in railway social reality, the underlying mechanism which has led to separate coach has to be found through research and tools associated with it and other philosophical approaches.