Roy Bhaskar’s publications

 

1975a     ‘Feyerabend and Bachelard: two philosophies of science’, New Left Review 94

1975b    ‘Forms of realism’, Philosophica 15 (1) 99‑127.

1975c     A Realist Theory of Science, 1st edition, Leeds: Leeds Books.

1978a     ‘On the possibility of social scientific knowledge and the limits of naturalism’. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 8(1) 1-28. Reprinted in Issues in Marxist Philosophy, Vol III, eds J. Mepham & D. Hillel-Ruben. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.

1978b    A Realist Theory of Science, 2nd edn.  Brighton, Sussex/New Jersey: Harvester/Humanities.

1979a     The Possibility of Naturalism: A Philosophical Critique of the Contemporary Human Sciences, 1st edition, Sussex: Harvester.

1980       ‘Scientific explanation and human emancipation’, Radical Philosophy 26: 16-28; reprinted in Reclaiming Reality (1989).

1981a     ‘The consequences of socio-evolutionary concepts for naturalism in sociology: commentaries on Harré and Toulmin’, in U. J. Jensen & R. Harré (eds), The Philosophy of Evolution, Sussex: Harvester.

1981b    Entries on Aristotle’s theory of causes, determinism, dialectic, empiricism, epistemology, experiment, idealism, Kant’s theory of knowledge, laws, materialism, matter and form, metaphysics, models, naturalism, ontology, open texture, Plato’s theory of forms, positivism, pragmatism, prediction, rationalism, realism, simplicity, tacit knowledge in B. Bynum & R. Porter (eds), Dictionary of the History of Science, London: Macmillan.

1982       ‘Emergence, explanation, and emancipation’, in P. F. Secord (ed) Explaining Human Behaviour, Consciousness, Human Action and Social Structure, Beverly Hills, London and New Delhi: Sage.

1983a    ‘Beef, structure and place’, Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 13 (1) 81-96.

1983b    Entries on contradiction, determinism, dialectics (reprinted with corrections in 1989b), empiricism, idealism, theory of knowledge (reprinted with corrections in 1989b), materialism (reprinted with corrections in 1989b), realism, science, and truth in T. Bottomore (ed) A Dictionary of Marxist Thought, Oxford: Blackwell. (2nd edn. 1991).

1983c     Entries on dialectic and ideology in R. Harré & R. Lamb (eds), The Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Psychology, Oxford: Blackwell.

1986       Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation, London: Verso.

1989a     The Possibility of Naturalism: A Philosophical Critique of the Contemporary Human Sciences, 2nd edn., with a Postscript, Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf.

1989b    Reclaiming Reality, London & New York: Verso.

1990       (ed.), Harré and His Critics: Essays in Honour of Rom Harré with his Commentary on Them, Oxford: Blackwell.

1991a     Philosophy and the Idea of Freedom, Oxford, UK & Cambridge, Mass.: Blackwell.

1991b    ‘Social theory and moral philosophy’, Appendix 1 in 1991a.

1991c     ‘Marxist philosophy from Marx to Althusser’, Appendix 2 in 1991a.

1993a     Dialectic: The Pulse of Freedom, London & New York: Verso.

1993b    Entries on determinism, dialectic, empiricism, theory of knowledge, materialism, model, naturalism, ontology, paradigm, philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, realism, truth in T. Bottomore & W. Outhwaite (eds), The Blackwell Dictionary of Modern Social Thought, Oxford: Blackwell.

1994       Plato Etc.: The Problems of Philosophy and their Resolution, London & New York:Verso.

1997a     ‘On the ontological status of ideas’, Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour 27 (2/3): 135–47.

1997b    A Realist Theory of Science, 3rd edition, London & New York: Verso.

1998a     ‘General introduction’, in M. S. Archer et al. (eds), Critical Realism: Essential Readings.

1998b    (with Tony Lawson) ‘Introduction: basic texts and developments’, in M. S. Archer et al. (eds), Critical Realism: Essential Readings, Part I.

1998c     (with Andrew Collier) ‘Introduction: explanatory critiques’, in M. S. Archer et al. (eds), Critical Realism: Essential Readings, Part III.

1998d    (with Alan Norrie) ‘Introduction: dialectic and dialectical critical realism’, in M. S. Archer et al. (eds), Critical   Realism: Essential Readings, Part IV.

1998e     The Possibility of Naturalism: A Philosophical Critique of the Contemporary Human Sciences, third edition, London & New York: Routledge.

1998f      (with Ernesto Laclau) ‘Discourse theory vs. critical realism’, Alethia 1 (2): 9–14; reprinted in his 2002a and in A. Brown et al. (eds), (2002) Critical Realism and Marxism.

1999       (with Christopher Norris) ‘Interview’, The Philosophers’ Magazine Online (http://www.philosophers. co.uk/ current/bhaskar.htm), also available in the Bhaskar Archive: http://www.raggedclaws.com/criticalrealism/ archive/rbhaskar_rbi.html; excerpt published in The Philosophers Magazine 8, Autumn 1999.

2000a     From East to West: Odyssey of a Soul, London & New York: Routledge.

2000b    ‘Introducing transcendental dialectical critical realism’, Alethia 3 (1): 15–21; reprinted in 2002a.

2001       ‘How to change reality: story vs. structure – a debate between Rom Harré & Roy Bhaskar’, in J. López & G. Potter (eds), After Postmodernism.

2002a     From Science to Emancipation: Alienation and Enlightenment, New Delhi: Thousand Oaks & London: Sage.

2002       (with Rom Harré) ‘Critical Realism and Ethnomethodology’ in From Science to Emancipation: Alienation and Enlightenment, by R. Bhaskar, 96-124. New Delhi: Thousand Oaks & London: Sage.

2002b    Reflections on Meta-Reality: Transcendence, Emancipation and Everyday Life, New Delhi: Thousand Oaks & London: Sage.

2002c     The Philosophy of Meta-Reality, Volume I: Meta-Reality: Creativity, Love and Freedom, New Delhi: Thousand Oaks & London: Sage.

2002d    (with Mervyn Hartwig) ‘The philosophy of meta-reality, part 1: identity, spirituality, system’ (interview), Journal of Critical Realism (incorporating Alethia), 5 (1): 21–34; reprinted in 2002a.

2002e     (with Mervyn Hartwig) ‘The philosophy of meta-reality, part 2: agency, perfectibility, novelty’ (interview), Journal of Critical Realism (new series) 1 (1): 67–94.

2003a     Entries on determinism, dialectic, empiricism, theory of knowledge, materialism, model, naturalism, ontology, paradigm, philosophy of science, philosophy of social science, realism, truth in W. Outhwaite (ed.), The Blackwell Dictionary of Twentieth Century Social Thought, 2nd edn., Oxford: Blackwell

2003b    (with Alex Callinicos) ‘Marxism and critical realism: a debate’, Journal of Critical Realism 1 (2): 89-114.

2006       (with Berth Danermark) ‘Metatheory, Interdisciplinarity and Disability Research – A Critical Realist Perspective’, Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research 8 (2006), 278-297.

2007     ‘Theorizing ontology’. In Contributions to Social Ontology, eds C. Lawson, J. Latsis and N. Martins. London: Routledge, pp. 192–204.

2008a   A Realist Theory of Science, 4th edn. London: Routledge.

2008b  Dialectic: The Pulse of Freedom, 2nd edn. London: Routledge.

2009a   Scientific Realism and Human Emancipation, 2nd edn. London: Routledge.

2009b  Plato Etc.: The Problems of Philosophy and their Resolution, 2nd edn. London: Routledge.

2010a   Philosophy and the Idea of Freedom, 2nd edn. London: Routledge.

2010b  Reclaiming Reality, 2nd edn. London: Routledge.

2010c   ‘Contexts of interdisciplinarity’. In Interdisciplinarity and Climate Change, eds R. Bhaskar, C. Frank, K.-G. Høyer, P. Næss and J. Parker. London: Routledge, pp. 1–34.

2010d  Editor with C. Frank, K. G. Høyer, P. Næss and J. Parker. Interdisciplinarity and Climate Change. London: Routledge.

2010e   (with M. Hartwig). The Formation of Critical Realism: A Personal Perspective. London: Routledge.

2011a   From Science to Emancipation: Alienation and Enlightenment, 2nd edn. London: Routledge.

2011b  Reflections on MetaReality: Transcendence, Emancipation and Everyday Life, 2nd edn. London: Routledge.

2011c   ‘Critical realism in resonance with Nordic ecophilosophy’. In Ecophilosophy in a World of Crisis, eds R. Bhaskar, K.-G. Høyer and P. Næss, 9-24. London: Routledge.

2011d  Editor with K.-G. Høyer and P. Næss. Ecophilosophy in a World of Crisis. London: Routledge.

2011e   (with M. Hartwig). ‘Beyond East and West’. In Critical Realism and Spirituality, eds Mervyn Hartwig and Jamie Morgan, 187-203.

2011d  (with M. Hartwig). ‘(Re-)contextualizing metaReality’. In Critical Realism and Spirituality, eds Mervyn Hartwig and Jamie Morgan, 206-217. London: Routledge.

2012     The Philosophy of MetaReality: Creativity, Love and Freedom, 2nd edn. London: Routledge.

2013     ‘The consequences of the revindication of philosophical ontology for philosophy and social theory’. Prolegomena to Engaging with the World: Agency, Institutions, Historical Formations, eds M. Archer and A. Maccarini. London: Routledge.

 

Posthumous publications

 

Scott, D., Bhaskar, R. 2015a. Roy Bhaskar: A theory of education. Springer.

Bhaskar, R., Esbjörn-Hargens, S., Hedlund, N. and Hartwig, M. eds., 2015b. Metatheory for the twenty-first century: Critical realism and integral theory in dialogue. Routledge.

Bhaskar, R. 2016. Enlightened common sense: The philosophy of critical realism. Routledge.

Bhaskar, R., Danermark, B. and Price, L., 2017. Interdisciplinarity and wellbeing: a critical realist general theory of interdisciplinarity. Taylor & Francis.

Bhaskar, R. 2018. Empiricism and the Metatheory of the Social Sciences. Routledge.

Bhaskar, R., 2020. Critical realism and the ontology of persons. Journal of Critical Realism, 19(2), pp.113-120.