In this episode, I interview Dr Rob Archer and we talk about Roy Bhaskar’s critical realism and how it deals with the crisis of replication.

*What is critical realism?

*What is the role of ontology?

*What is a transcendental argument?

*How does critical realism deal with the issue of replication?

*How has Bhaskar’s critical realism evolved over time and his spiritual turn.

*Where critical realism is going?

Resource mentioned in the episode.

Retiring Popper: Critical realism, falsificationism, and the crisis of replication

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09593543241250079

Critical realism, psychology, and the crisis of replication: A reply to Haig; Derksen & Morawski; and Trafimow

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09593543241279138

Replicating is difficult but necessary, and methodology can help

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09593543241265912

Haig, B. D. (2024). Should psychology adopt Bhaskar’s critical realist philosophy of science? Theory & Psychology, 34(5), 585-590. https://doi.org/10.1177/09593543241265727 (Original work published 2024)

Derksen, M., & Morawski, J. (2024). Replications are informative, particularly when they fail. Theory & Psychology, 34(5), 597-603. https://doi.org/10.1177/09593543241269697 

Roy Bhaskar’s works

• The Possibility of Naturalism: A philosophical critique of the contemporary human sciences


• Reflections on metaReality


• The Order of Natural Necessity: A Kind of Introduction to Critical Realism


• From East To West: Odyssey of a Soul (Classical Texts in Critical Realism (Routledge Critical Realism)


• Dialectic: The Pulse of Freedom

Margaret S. Archer book

• Realist Social Theory: The Morphogenetic Approach

Iceberg model

https://changemanagementinsight.com/iceberg-model-of-change-management/

Lipton’s Inference to the best explanation model

Lipton, P. (2017). Inference to the best explanation. A Companion to the Philosophy of Science, 184-193.