ABSTRACT

Realist synthesis is often offered as a useful strategy to understand intervention complexity. Its unique selling point is its basis in a critical realist philosophy of science. However, we argue that the philosophical basis of current approaches to realist synthesis is closer to positivism, notably the focus on bringing a theoretical reduction to complex problems, a strategy eschewed in critical realism’s concern with complex independent ontology. We critique three recently published reviews to illustrate our arguments and apply an analytic strategy to findings from a realist review that, we argue, is more in line with critical realism.

中文翻译：

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现实主义者的综合：批评和替代

摘要

现实主义综合通常作为了解干预复杂性的有用策略而提供。它的独特卖点是其在批判现实主义科学哲学中的基础。但是，我们认为，当前的现实主义综合方法的哲学基础更接近实证主义，特别是着重于对复杂问题进行理论上的简化，这是一种在批判现实主义对复杂独立本体论的关注中回避的策略。我们对最近发表的三篇评论进行了评论，以说明我们的论点，并对我们认为更符合批判现实主义的现实主义评论的发现应用分析策略。