ODKRYWANIE NOWYCH HORYZONTÓW EKSPLORACJI AKADEMICKIEJ W NAUKACH O BEZPIECZEŃSTWIE: PROCEDURY BADAWCZE W SECURITOLOGII
DISCOVERING NEW HORIZONS OF ACADEMIC EXPLORATION IN SECURITY STUDIES: RESEARCH PROCEDURES IN SECURITOLOGY

Summary/Abstract: Scientific knowledge in the discipline of security studies is currently rather in a stage in statu nascendi of methodological maturity. At this stage - in the explications of the philosophy of science - science usually relies on inductive reasoning, which, by the very nature of the social sciences, is incomplete. This constructs knowledge of a common-sense character. Moreover, one can observe inconsistencies in research procedures leading to numerous problems during research, which have a negative impact on the quality and credibility of security studies. For this reason, it seems justified to undertake research within a series of articles on the subject of research procedures. The aim is to identify research procedures applicable in modern security studies. The main research problem is expressed in the methodological question: what research procedures can be distinguished, generally and strictly, within securitology? To put it synthetically, the study of reality can proceed from reason to consequence - first exploration, then explication, then classification - or it can proceed from consequence to reason - first classification, then explication, then exploration.

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