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1. Powers and Capacities in Philosophy

   The New Aristotelianism

   Edited by John Greco, Ruth Groff

   Powers and Capacities in Philosophy is designed to stake out an emerging, discipline-spanning neo-Aristotelian framework grounded in realism about causal powers. The volume brings together for the first time original essays by leading philosophers working on powers in relation to metaphysics,...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
2. Ontology Revisited

   Metaphysics in Social and Political Philosophy

   By Ruth Groff

   Series: Ontological Explorations

   Groff's argument runs counter to the familiar anti-metaphysical habit. Social and political philosophy, she maintains, is not as metaphysically neutral as it may seem. Even the most deontological of theories connects up with an attendant set of philosophical commitments regarding what kinds of...

   Published August 21st 2012 by Routledge
3. Revitalizing Causality

   Realism about Causality in Philosophy and Social Science

   Edited by Ruth Groff

   Series: Routledge Studies in Critical Realism

   This cutting edge collection of new and previously published articles by philosophers and social scientists addresses just what it means to invoke causal mechanisms, or powers, in the context of offering a causal explanation. A unique collection, it offers the reader various disciplinary and...

   Published November 15th 2009 by Routledge
4. Critical Realism, Post-positivism and the Possibility of Knowledge

   By Ruth Groff

   Series: Routledge Studies in Critical Realism

   Groff defends 'realism about causality' through close discussions of Kant, Hilary Putnam, Brian Ellis and Charles Taylor, among others. In so doing she affirms critical realism, but with several important qualifications. In particular, she rejects the theory of truth advanced by Roy Bhaskar. She...

   Published December 3rd 2007 by Routledge