File spoon-archives/bhaskar.archive/bhaskar_2002/bhaskar.0211, message 38


From: "Phil Walden" <phil-AT-pwalden.fsnet.co.uk>
Subject: BHA: nature of the split in Critical Realism
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 02:03:58 -0000


Hi Mervyn and listers,

First of all, Mervyn, let me say that I am shocked by the shabby treatment
you have received, despite the fact that as elected editor of JCR you were
doing a grand job, and unpaid too.  I have just read the statement by the
IACR Council with astonishment as it is obviously a complete gloss and
entirely fails to shed light on the causes of the split that has occurred.

Can I ask you, Mervyn, for some further clarification.  It has been my
perception, based on my experience of the Critical Realist fraternity over
the last several years, that the main split within Critical Realism is
between those who see Critical Realism merely as a tool for their social
scientific research, on the one hand, and those who are interested in DCR,
TDCR, or in some way in the philosophical potential of Critical Realism on
the other. Would I be right in thinking that the treatment you have received
is a coup perpetrated by the former against the latter?

Best regards,

Phil Walden




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