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Mar 10 2008, 10:35 PM
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Member [Level 2] ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 82 Joined: 2-February 08 From: Dhaka, Bangladesh Member No.: 57,229 |
In many books, I saw that they say Political Science is a science. But I can’t understand how can it be science? They show many reasons behind to say it’s a science, but none of them satisfied me. Can any one explain is it really science or not.
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Mar 11 2008, 05:16 AM
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 110 Joined: 18-January 08 From: Redmond, WA Member No.: 56,417 |
This is mainly just information gleaned from Wikipedia and encyclopedias:
Political Science is a branch of Social Science. Social Science is the study of humanity/human influences that uses the scientific method. They're considered a science because of that, although according to Wikipedia they're considered "Soft Science" while natural sciences like Geology are considered "Hard Science." |
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Mar 12 2008, 12:15 AM
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Super Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 451 Joined: 19-June 06 From: The Basement Member No.: 25,379 |
Yeah, I guess that makes sense. To me it doesn't really matter what they're called. I think political science has a great deal to do with psychology and other "social sciences," especially if you're a politician or whatever and are trying to get people to do what you want them to do.
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Mar 17 2008, 04:47 AM
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Newbie [Level 3] ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 48 Joined: 21-January 08 Member No.: 56,591 |
i read somewhere where someone tried to say that any science which needed the word "science" on the end was not actually a science... but he was taking a stab at computer science, not political science. I guess political science is a science, but i dunno where a political science major gets a job at after college
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