Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) ICIS 2002 Proceedings International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 12-31-2002 Real-izing Information Systems: Critical Realism as an Underpinning Philosophy for Information Systems John Mingers Warwick University This material is brought to you by the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). It has been accepted for inclusion in ICIS 2002 Proceedings by an authorized administrator of AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). For more information, please contact elibrary@aisnet.org. Recommended Citation Mingers, John, "Real-izing Information Systems: Critical Realism as an Underpinning Philosophy for Information Systems" (2002). ICIS 2002 Proceedings. Paper 27. http://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2002/27