Critiques of Axiological Realism and Surrealism

Axiological Scientific Realism and Methodological Prescription

Toward a Purely Axiological Scientific Realism

The axiological tenet of scientific realism, ‘‘science seeks true theories,’’ is generally taken to rest on a corollary epistemological tenet, ‘‘we can justifiably believe that our successful theories achieve (or approximate) that aim.’’ While important debates have centered on, and have led to the refinement of, the epistemological tenet, the axiological tenet has suffered from neglect. I offe...

Critique of Critiques/An Answer to Domesticated Magic: A Critique of the Domestication of Magical Realism in Iran, Mohsen Hanif

Comments on Tim Lyons: Exploring the Prospects for a Purely Axiological Realism

Sen’s Entitlement Approach: Critiques and Counter-critiques

Twenty years after Poverty and Famines elaborated the entitlement approach as an innovative and holistic approach to famine analysis, debates about some of its fundamental assertions remain unresolved. This paper examines four limitations acknowledged by Sen himself: starvation by choice, disease-driven rather than starvation-driven mortality, ambiguities in entitlement speciŽ cation and extra-...