Critical realism is a movement in philosophy and the human sciences most closely associated with the work of Roy Bhaskar. Since the publication of Bhaskars <EM>A Realist Theory of Science</EM>, critical realism has had a profound influence on a wide range of subjects. This reader makes accessible, in one volume, key readings to stimulate debate about and within critical realism. <BR>It explores the following themes:<BR>* transcendental realist<BR>* the theory of explanatory critique<BR>* dialectics<BR>* Bhaskar''s critical naturalist philosophy of science.