PSCI 2601 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Macroeconomics, Game Theory, Deductive Reasoning

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PSCI 2601
• Professor: Daniel Preece

Document Summary

Distinction between two core ideas and the third marginal/non-orthodox ideas: epistemology: investigation into the nature and scope of knowledge, first two pillars being orthodox approach, and the non-orthodox theories being the third category. 1st debate: liberalism vs. realism: liberalism was the first theory that came out to try to explain. It was the dominant theory after wwi, theory that inspired dev"t of league of nations as an instutional structure to govern the world system after the war: limits of liberalism and failure of league of nations to prevent. How do we know what we know: behaviourists argued that we need to have the study of ir to be more scientific in approach, idea of trying to emphasis the scientific side of social sciences. The usa being most dominant producer of ir studies and theories behaviouralism became dominant and it won: 3rd debate: neorealism (behaviourlist realists) vs. (neo- Nature of theory: it is merely an interpretation of how the world works.