the point is to change it: Critical realism and human geography

This paper picks up themes discussed in Cox’s (2013) ‘Notes on a brief encounter: critical realism, historical materialism and human geography’. I argue that perhaps the encounter was more complex than Cox allows. At core Cox underplays, or marginalises, the discussion of causality and dismisses the...

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Published in:Dialogues in Human Geography 2013-03, Vol.3 (1), p.26-29
Main Author: Pratt, Andy C
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:This paper picks up themes discussed in Cox’s (2013) ‘Notes on a brief encounter: critical realism, historical materialism and human geography’. I argue that perhaps the encounter was more complex than Cox allows. At core Cox underplays, or marginalises, the discussion of causality and dismisses the significance of ontology stressing instead epistemology. The paper makes a case for another reading of the debate, one that has continuing significance.
ISSN:2043-8206
2043-8214
DOI:10.1177/2043820613485048