The conception of science as deductive formalism in the study of international politics : a critique

This thesis examines the conception of science as deductive formalism from two perspectives. First, it considers the philosophical foundations of two aspects of this conception: the deductive-nomological model of explanation and the hypothetico-deductive model of theory. Secondly, it considers argum...

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Main Author: Genco, Stephen James
Language:English
Published: 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/18912