The Problem of Critical Ontology Bhaskar Contra Kant

Dustin McWherter defends the possibility of critical ontology by pitting Roy Bhaskar's attempt to rehabilitate ontology in the philosophy of science against Kant's attempt to replace traditional ontology with an account of cognitive experience.

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The Problem of Critical Ontology Bhaskar Contra Kant

Dustin McWherter

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The Problem of Critical Ontology

10.1057/9781137002723 - The Problem of Critical Ontology, Dustin McWherter

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The Problem of Critical Ontology Dustin McWherter Lecturer, American University of Beirut

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Bhaskar Contra Kant

© Dustin McWherter 2013

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