認識批判實在論的基本概念、發展、應用與侷限，並具備擬出適足於實作之分析架構和研究設計的知識。

Understand the basic concepts, development, application and context of the discussion, and have the knowledge that is suitable for the analytical structure and research design that is suitable for the work.

� 使用書目（專書部分）：
（書目前*＝修課者輪流導讀文本，書目後**＝授課者導讀文本）
Patrick Baert，2011，《社會科學哲學：邁向實用主義》（Philosophy of the Social Sciences: Towards Pragmatism）。群學。
Berth Danermark, Mats Ekstrom, Liselotte Jakobsen and Janch Karlsson (2001) Explaining Society: An Introduction to Critical Realism in the Social Sciences. Routledge.
Roy Bhaskar, Margaret Archer, Andrew Collier, Tony Lawson and Alan Norrie, eds. (1998) Critical Realism: Essential Readings. Routledge
Ackroyd, S. and Fleetwood, S., eds. (2004) Realist Applications in Organisation and Management Studies. Routledge.
Andrew Brown, Steve Fleetwood and John Michael Roberts (eds), 2001. Critical Realism and Marxism. Routledge. （《批判實在論與馬克思主義》，廣西師範大學出版社，2007）
Bob Carter and Caroline New, 2004. Making Realism Work: Realist Social Theory and Empirical Research. Routledge.
Dave Elder-Vass, 2013. The Reality of Social Construction. Cambridge University Press

� User books (professional part):
(The current book*=study guides the text for the students, and the following book**=study guides the text for the students)
Patrick Baert, 2011, Philosophy of the Social Sciences: Towards Pragmatism. Group studies.
Berth Danermark, Mats Ekstrom, Liselotte Jakobsen and Janch Karlsson (2001) Explaining Society: An Introduction to Critical Realism in the Social Sciences. Routledge.
Roy Bhaskar, Margaret Archer, Andrew Collier, Tony Lawson and Alan Norrie, eds. (1998) Critical Realism: Essential Readings. Routledge
Ackroyd, S. and Fleetwood, S., eds. (2004) Realist Applications in Organisation and Management Studies. Routledge.
Andrew Brown, Steve Fleetwood and John Michael Roberts (eds), 2001. Critical Realism and Marxism. Routledge. ("Critical Realism and Marxism"", Guangxi Master University Press, 2007)
Bob Carter and Caroline New, 2004. Making Realism Work: Realist Social Theory and Empirical Research. Routledge.
Dave Elder-Vass, 2013. The Reality of Social Construction. Cambridge University Press