This book explores the epistemology and the methodology of
political knowledge and social inquiry. What can we know, and how
do we know? Friedrich V. Kratochwil and Ted Hopf question all
foundational claims of inquiry and envisage science as a
self-reflective practice. Brian Pollins and Fred Chernoff accept
their arguments to some degree and explore the implications for
logical positivism. David A. Waldner, Jack Levy, and Andrew
Lawrence address the purpose and methods of research. They debate
the role of explanation versus prediction, the relationship of
theory to evidence, and their implications for the Democratic Peace
research program. A concluding chapter by Mark Lichbach offers a
pluralistic reformulation of neopositivism. An alternative
conclusion by Steven Bernstein, Richard Ned Lebow, Janice Gross
Stein and Steven Weber contends that social science should be
modeled on medicine and reformulated as a set of case-based
diagnostic tools. The distinguishing feature of the book is the
inclusion of authors who represent different approaches to social
science and their willingness to engage with one another in a
constructive debate.
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