This Paper Is about the Debates Between the Natural Sciences and the Social Sciences

Assignment #1 Fall 2002
Throughout the study of the philosophy of Political Science there have been many debates over how to proceed with studying the discipline. I, along with Daniel Little, believe that one debate in particular rests at the center of both old and more modern conflicts within the profession--naturalism versus antinaturalism. It is this relationship between the social sciences and the natural sciences, or lack of a relationship according to some, which has been the focal point of dissension over the past few decades. …