Journal of Critical Realism Pub Date : 2022-03-22 , DOI: 10.1080/14767430.2022.2049088 Dave Elder-Vass 1
ABSTRACT
This paper examines the relationship between pragmatism and critical realism, first as alternative philosophies for the social sciences in general, and second, as an illustration, in the social study of monetary valuation. The paper argues that both traditions are internally diverse. Hence, the relations between the two are complex, with both substantial overlaps and real differences revealed in encounters between them. Perhaps the most significant difference is pragmatism’s distrust of invocations of structural power in social explanations, whereas realism encourages them, in interaction with other explanatory elements. The paper problematizes claims that recent work in the study of value is predominantly pragmatist. Nevertheless, it argues that pragmatist influence has encouraged valuation studies to focus on the micro level at the expense of the macro. From a realist perspective, however, there is much to be gained from an approach that embraces both micro and macro levels and the relations between them.
中文翻译:
实用主义、批判现实主义与价值研究
摘要
本文考察了实用主义和批判现实主义之间的关系,首先作为一般社会科学的替代哲学,其次作为货币估值的社会研究中的例证。该论文认为,这两种传统在内部都是多样化的。因此,两者之间的关系是复杂的,在他们之间的相遇中既有实质性的重叠,也有真正的差异。也许最显着的区别是实用主义不信任在社会解释中调用结构性权力,而现实主义在与其他解释因素的相互作用中鼓励它们。该论文质疑近期价值研究工作主要是实用主义的说法。尽管如此,它认为,实用主义的影响鼓励估值研究以牺牲宏观为代价关注微观层面。然而,从现实主义的角度来看,从包含微观和宏观层面以及它们之间关系的方法中可以获得很多好处。