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Dyskursywne uprawomocnienie refleksji teoretycznej w naukach o polityce
Discursive Validation of Theoretical Reflection in Political Sciences

Author(s): Jarosław Nocoń
Subject(s): Political Theory
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: theory of politics; political theory; academic discourse; scientific validation of knowledge; theoretical reflection

Summary/Abstract: The article addresses the topic of scientific validation of theoretical reflection in the context of academic discourse. The primary thesis states that the status of a stance, school or a theoretical tradition is, on the one hand, determined by factual arguments relying on rational justification and explanatory pragmatism, and on the other hand, by numerous irrational factors that determine contemporary discourse in scientific community. The author focuses on both cultural, systemic and institutional determinants of discourse.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 63-77
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish