ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with a discussion of few features of critical realist philosophy, specifically: its conception of the role of philosophy; its characteristic of seriousness; its understanding of the nature of philosophical argument; its understanding of the nature of philosophy itself. It explores the critical realist that is that reality is stratified and that science is about discovering the nature of things not immediately apparent or obvious to everyday experience. The chapter describes critical realism's further development of this basic form of the logic of scientific discovery when highlighting the differences in natural sciences and social sciences and their implications for the logic. Critical realism is an underlabourer for the various sciences and practices. The person who initiated this metaphor, John Locke, said: The Commonwealth of Learning is not at this time without Master-Builders, whose mighty designs, in advancing the Sciences, will leave lasting monuments to the Admiration of Posterity.
