Abstract

OLIVEIRA, Gilberto Carvalho de. Beyond the International Relations rationalism - reflexivism polarization: Patrick Jackson’s methodological typology and the methodological pluralism. Relações Internacionais [online]. 2014, n.42, pp.117-135. ISSN 1645-9199.

This article proposes a review of the debate on methodological pluralism in International Relations, recently rekindled by the important work of Patrick Jackson (The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations: Philosophy of Science and Its Implications for the Study of World Politics). The main objective is to review the book, but the article goes beyond by situating Jackson’s argument in the context of the main criticisms leveled against him and within a broader debate on methodological pluralism and the scientific status claimed by the International Relations field.

Keywords : philosophy of science; methodology; Patrick Jackson.

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