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Philosophy of Science and Political Inquiry— Notes on Dowding, Weber and Myrdal
UNIGE, Geneva, Switzerland
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Open Journal of Philosophy·Volume 08 (2018)·Pages 262–276·Published 8 May 2018·DOI10.4236/ojpp.2018.83019
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Abstract
Professor Dowding has written an interesting and stimulating book on the relevance (R) of general philosophical insights for the conduct of political science enquiry. In this paper, I challenge his positive analysis due to the relevance (R) difficulty. The social sciences have to struggle with a set of philosophical questions, but they hardly belong to general ontological or epistemological theories.
KeywordsClassical Issues in PhilosophyFundamental Social and Political Science ProblemsDowdingWeberMyrdal
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