The Status of Theoretical Constructs in the Intransitive Aspect of Science in Social Sciences in the View of Roy Bhaskar

Roy Bhaskar, one of the pioneers of critical realism, tries, through a critical stance, to make a scientific study of social life according to the meaning which natural sciences. He insists on the existence of the “intransitive side of science in social sciences” like natural sciences in order to prove naturalism. He also considers that the main part of man’s social life is surrounded by theoretical constructs. Therefore, the present paper, using an analytical-intellectual method with the aim of clarifying the ability of intransitive side explain and analyze theoretical constructs in social science, focuses on the status of theoretical constructs in the intransitive side of social sciences. Probably, Bhaskar strongly emphasizes on the relationship between the agent and structure in order to prove the intransitive side. The research findings show that the structures with the features stated by Bhaskar are theoretical constructs and dependent on agents and they are wrongly considered as real and independent things, and that the structures which have features are incompatible with intransitive side.