El estudio de la sustentabilidad en su dimensión social desde el realismo crí­tico

Autores

Palavras-chave:

Realismo critico, Sustentabilidad

Resumo

Esta reflexión teórica propone un acercamiento distinto al estudio de la sustentabilidad en los grupos sociales mediante la adopción del paradigma cientí­fico del realismo crí­tico. La adopción de este paradigma, desde un punto de vista propio, puede subsanar las deficiencias en las explicaciones tradicionalmente derivadas de visiones positivistas o fenomenológicas del fenómeno de la sustentabilidad. La propuesta del realismo critico incentiva la creación de metodologí­as novedosas que permitan identificar mecanismos y estructuras difí­ciles de observar en un primer momento coadyuvando a una interpretación más certera de lo que acontece en la realidad percibida. La virtud del realismo critico como base filosófica y paradigmática de la ciencia es que permite al investigador que integre a sus herramientas y posicionamientos epistémicos una utilización holí­stica de métodos, estrategias y formas de interpretación de la realidad percibida lo que se puede traducir en una ventaja para el entendimiento de fenómenos complejos como la sustentabilidad. Por lo anterior es que el trabajo explora este acercamiento filosófico en aras de contribuir a una mejor ciencia para el estudio de la sustentabilidad en los grupos sociales.

Biografia do Autor

Juan Pedro Ibarra-Michel, Universidad Autonóma de Occidente

Profesor de Carrera, Departamento de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades

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Publicado

2018-09-03

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IBARRA-MICHEL, J. P. El estudio de la sustentabilidad en su dimensión social desde el realismo crí­tico. Revista Metropolitana de Sustentabilidade (ISSN 2318-3233), São Paulo, v. 8, n. 3, p. 142–158, 2018. Disponível em: https://revistaseletronicas.fmu.br/index.php/rms/article/view/1794. Acesso em: 28 mar. 2024.

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Educação e Ciências Sociais