Scope

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Scope Methods of Political Science

• PSC 20231 August 2006

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The ideas of economists and political
philosophers, both when they are right and when
they are wrong, are more powerful than is
generally understood. (Keynes)
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What is the stuff of politics?
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Method
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How do we justify knowledge claims about politics?
method
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Power
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Public Sphere Private Sphere
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What color socks
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Voting for President
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Abortion
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College TV station content
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Method
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Epistemology
method
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Traditional approaches
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Normative approaches
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Is/ought distinction
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Behavioral approaches
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Policy science
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Political argument
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PSC 202