Struktura wiedzy teoretycznej a przedmiot badania politologii

• Authors: Wiktor Szewczak
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article aims to take part in discussion on possibility of defining unambiguous subject of research in political science. As theoretical knowledge is generally complex and multi-level structured, the subject of research in scientific discipline is forced fuzzy and ambiguous. This statement implies that methodological monism in defining scientific disciplines is entirely incorrect, as it ignores the very essence of theoretical knowledge in social sciences. The article contains analysis on four levels of theoretical knowledge and research: general disciplinary structure of science, structure of research in scientific discipline, structure of the core of scientific discipline and structure of individual elements of the core. Each level enforces particular ambiguity of subject of research, which is

Keywords

EN

subject of research,; political science,; theory,; theoretical monism,; theoretical; pluralism

• Publisher: Instytut Nauk Politycznych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Studia Politologiczne
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 46
• Pages: 48-74

Contributors

author

Wiktor Szewczak