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Which Sciences Does the Political Science Direct and Use and How Does It Do So
I propose to do four things: (1) to call attention to a seemingly trivial editorial choice made by Ingram Bywater in his influential edition of the Greek text of Aristotle's Ethics; (2) to show that this editorial choice has no basis in the manuscript tradition and is therefore misguided; (3) to show what is at stake for political practice; and (4) to show in what ways political science directs and uses the other sciences and in which ways it does not.
R. Rosicki, On the political dimension of political science – a few words about political dimension as the final judgment and reasoning, in: E. Jurga-Wosik, S. Paczos, R. Rosicki (eds.), W poszukiwaniu polityczności, WNPiDz UAM, Poznań 2014, pp. 71-81., 2014
The subject of the text is the issue of the "political", which is defined as the nature and level of the final judgment and ultimate reasoning. The issues of this kind of the "political" has been attempted to distinguish in political sciences. The text focuses on: (1) the scientist as an agent for the final judgment and reasoning, (2) the subject of study of political science, (3) "theoretical strategies" in the science of politics. The latter problem has been discussed mainly on the example of Polish political science. Discussed were among others: (1) "the dilemma of scale", (2) limited operational capacity (methodological and theoretical), (3) aesthetic imagery of political life, (4) structural ignorance in the field of ontology, epistemology and methodology.
Throughout history there was an agreement that the position of Political Science is at the peak of the hierarchy of social and human disciplines. In Aristotle's view, politics touches on all aspects of public life that the rulers should deal with. Therefore, Political Science, by nature, is different from all other fields of knowledge. The history of its development in the twentieth century is a manifestation of this thesis, or indeed a realistic embodiment of it. Starting from the second half of the nineteenth century until the 1970s, Political Science has sought to become just 'a science', like other social and sometimes natural sciences. This study, however, seeks to develop a distinct approach for studying the evolution of Political Science in the twentieth century by employing three approaches: history of science, sociology of science, and epistemology of science. These approaches will be spun together to enhance our understanding of the emergence and development of Political Science, which can safely be divided into these three stages: the independence stage, the behaviorist stage, and the stage of revision, criticism and ' post-isms' .
The Social Sciences: The Root and Route of Political Science
The International Journal of Humanities and Social Studies (IJHSS), 2017
The social science has generally been regarded as a category of science that accommodates solely the disciplines which study Man in relation to his social environment for the purpose of formulating laws, generalisations and more importantly to make predictions on the future actions of Man. Distinct as it is from the other category of science i.e. the pure science which accommodates disciplines that study inanimate objects, the social science as one out of the two categories of science is yet to have a universally accepted number of fields of study that comprises it. But for the sake of this paper, the six major social science disciplines were identified and treated accordingly - Political Science, Economics, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and Geography. These fields of study as at today can arguably be said to have developed to an appreciable level. Nevertheless, their development, in particular political science, is tied to the other social science disciplines. This paper therefore takes a critical look at the origin of some of the concepts, theories, scholars etc. in political science from the five social science disciplines mentioned above, the present status of political science; as well as the pathway the discipline is following. In this research paper, it was discovered that political science indeed has its root in the other five social science disciplines. But as touching the direction of political science, the discipline, based on the dynamic nature of Man and social problems, would dwell more on the interdisciplinary approach in order to have a holistic understanding of them, be able to make predictions, solve and if possible, control and forestall the unacceptable actions and occurrence of the former and latter respectively. The historical and comparative approaches were adopted in the course of this study with secondary sources of qualitative data as part of the research methodology.
Political Science : Modern View of Government and Politics
Political Science: The Modern View of Government, State and Politics: The Modern View of Political Science, 2022
The modern view of government, state, and politics in the study of political science is a product of extensive research and phenomenological analysis of the political, economic, and cultural events that are gradually changing in the 21st century. It also provides information about the fundamental concepts and principles in the study of political science. The convergence of the author’s view is reciprocated by guiding intellectual spirits of the ideas of a “savior”. It has been reminiscing the ideas of classic views in the work of Plato along with the “Republic” as synthesized in the philosophical work by the famous men of during the “Age of Enlightenment just like Locke, Rousseau, Bacon, and all other men. The political decadence of the 21st century needs to pursue a regenerative contextual philosophy designed to appreciate the phenomenology of social facts in the contemporary time.
Politics and Political Science
The concepts of politics and political science are often confused and interchanged. Indeed, they deal with very similar topics, but they are deeply different in meaning. The term " politics " refers to the state of affairs of a country, including the structure of its government and the decisions taken by the ruling party. Conversely, the term " political science " refers to the theoretical analysis of all political systems, including their origins, their underlying values and their goals. While the idea of politics refers to the concrete implementation of social and economic policies, political science provides a more comprehensive understanding of governance and gives us the tools to interpret the government's actions.
Philosophy of Political Science. Prolegomena of a neglected subdiscipline
Academia Letters, 2021
Political philosophy has remained one of the most established subdisciplines in political science for over two millennia. In contrast, the situation of the subdiscipline of philosophy of political science is the complete opposite. The philosophical foundations of political science, the subject of the philosophy of political science, were already studied in antiquity, especially in the Aristotelian Organon; but today the philosophy of political science is probably the most neglected subdiscipline of political science. First, the current state of research is briefly explained in this paper. Second, the axiological, epistemic, methodological, and ontological foundations of political science are presented. Axiology, epistemology, methodology, and ontology provide, in my opinion, the four most important foundations of the subdiscipline. Thirdly, the significance of this subdiscipline for the subject of political science is outlined: the limits and possibilities of political science research can ideally be discussed on the basis of these four philosophical foundations. The bibliography provides hints for further research. Furthermore, a prolegomena is also expected to discuss at least the most important theses. This cannot be done in a letter but will instead be done in book form. So far, I have only published on the methodological dimension of the philosophy of political science (Lauer 2017, 2021).
Whom is political science for?
Politikon: The IAPSS Journal of Political Science, 2001
We all study political science, but - what do we actually do here anyway? This essay expresses our thoughts about our subject. The everyday life in University doesn’t seem to give enough space for questioning what is this all about. Maybe a debate on that issue does not exist extensively because of fears of the loss of entitlement. The aim of this essay is to support the heightening of student’s awareness about the status quo of research and teaching in political science as we can judge it from our modest experiences. Trying to get to the basis of such a problem is not easy. The things here written are surely not the state of the art, but they could shine a better light on the problem what had been called the 'politics of political…