Survival ‘Beyond Positivism?’

• Published in: Politikon (Bucureşti) Vol. 30
• Main Authors: Cagla Luleci, I. Erkam Sula
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Association for Political Science Students (IAPSS) 01.07.2016
• Subjects: epistemology; International Relations Theory; philosophy of science; rationalism; reflectivism; research program

In the late 1980s, Robert Keohane argued that “the greatest weakness of the reflective school of international relations lies not in deficiencies in their critical arguments but in the lack of a clear reflective program that could be employed by students of world politics.” This argument has been on...