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Preface
TetheoryofM.S.ArcherisanalysedinasimilarcontextbyArka-
diuszJabłońskiinhisstudyKarlPopper’sMethodofTrial-and-Erroras
aBasisfortheSociologicalAnalysisofKnowledge.K.Popper’sconceptwas
crucialforthedevelopmentofM.S.Archer’stheory,andhencethereis
agreatnecessitytoinvestigatethesourceofthisinspiration.Testudy
isevenmoreworthwhilewhenweconsiderthatithasbeenmadeby
oneoftheleadingexpertsonK.Popper’stheories.
Temethodologicalmotifiscontinuedinthestudyrenderedby
MarcinZarzecki,underthetitle,AContinuationoftheDisputeoverthe
MethodofRealisticPhilosophyandCriticalRealism,inwhichtheauthor
proposesarevisitationofmethodologicalapproacheswithregardtothe
interpretativeperspectiveofM.S.Archer’stheory.M.Zarzeckiasserts
that:“M.S.Archer’smetatheoryisbasicallysubsumedwithinaclassic
debateoverthemethodsofcognitioninthesocialsciences(Methoden-
streit),andconstitutesacontemporaryvariation–oractuallyadeve-
lopmentoftheoriginalconflict–inunderstandingtherelationsbe
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tweendilerentsocialsciences(ormorebroadlyspeakinghumanistic
(sciencesofthespirit’–Geisteswissenschaften)andthenaturalsciences
(Naturwissenschaften).“
Atfirstglance,notmanysociologicalconceptsareasfarfrom
M.S.Archer’stheoryandhercriticalrealismasthegroundedtheory.
Teyaredividedby–sowethink–themostcardinaldilerencesof
ontologicalandepistemologicalviews.Nonetheless,IzabelaBukalskain
herstudyTeGroundedTeoryMethodologyandtheTeoryofMargaretS.
Archer,demonstratesthebasicassumptionsofgroundedtheorymetho-
dology,revealingitsmajorweaknesses,whichleadmanyscientiststotry
withdrawingthroughthebackdoor,thatistosay,abandoningtheir
basicassumptions.TequestionraisedbyI.Bukalskais:doesthetheory
ofcriticalrealismmakeforacompletelyseparateandunmediatable
elementofanalternative?,oristheresomeconjunctionbetweenitand
thegroundedtheorywhichisworthscrutinising?
DorotaLeonarska,inherstudyTeConceptoftheHumanPerson
inMargaretS.Archer’sSocialTeory,initiatestheSecondPartofthis
discourse:TeHumanandHumanity.Itpertainstophilosophical
anthropology,thecrucialmotifofM.S.Archer’stheoryandofthis
