CRITICAL REALISM IN THEORY AND PRACTICE: RESPONSE TO ROBBINS, VAN HUYSSTEEN, AND HEFNER

Mary Gerhart; Mary Gerhart

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9744.1988.tb00633.x

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CRITICAL REALISM IN THEORY AND PRACTICE: RESPONSE TO ROBBINS, VAN HUYSSTEEN, AND HEFNER

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Abstract. I read Robbins's essay as a hermeneutics of suspicion against the claims of critical realism, especially the tendency of critical realism to achieve correspondence with the world rather than participation in changing it. I read van Huyssteen's essay as an application of critical realism which tends toward correspondence in spite of his correct statement of the theory. I read Hefner's paper as an exposition of both claims and methods capable of conveying truth and genuine knowledge. As such, Hefner's paper illustrates an adequate application of the theory of critical realism and overcomes the suspicion suggested by Robbins.

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falsifiability, metaphor, critical realism, correspondence, reference, pragmatism

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Gerhart, M., (1988) “CRITICAL REALISM IN THEORY AND PRACTICE: RESPONSE TO ROBBINS, VAN HUYSSTEEN, AND HEFNER”, Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science 23(3), 281–285. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9744.1988.tb00633.x

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Gerhart, Mary and Allan M.Russell.1984. Metaphoric Process: The Creation of Scientific and Religious Understanding. Fort Worth : Texas Christian Univ. Press.

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Mary Gerhart (Zygon: Journal of Religion and Science)

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Volume 23 • Issue 3 • September 1988

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Pages	281–285

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Published	1988-09-01

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