By John S. Nelson
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Contemporary Issues author : Nelson, John S. --Contributions in political science, Political science, Political science--United States. --Contributions in political science, Political science, Political science--United States. Page i Tradition, Interpretation, And Science Page ii SUNY Series in Political Theory: Contemporary Issues John G. Gunnell, Editor Page iii Tradition, Interpretation, And Science Political Theory in The American Academy JOHN S. NELSON State University of New York Press Page iv Published by State University of New York Press, Albany © 1986 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
Theory and practice in inquiry are only analytically distinct, and theory emerges in the context of making and evaluating claims about the world, including claims about what a text says. Philosophy may factor out inquiry into theory, practice, method, and other categories and reassemble them in various ways in order to present a reconstruction of some mode of investigation, but this is not a recipe for the conduct of inquiry. Those who claim that they are offering a theory or method for the practice of the human sciences are almost always presenting a version of some philosophical account of inquiry in those fields.
Finally, the degeneration of communal politics disperses would-be political issues among myriad private associations. Sometimes this disseminates (but changes) politics. Other times, it ignores, distorts, or destroys the specifically political aspects of the issues, especially when they depend Page 6 on public or communal standing. When television programmers and sponsors decide what advertising is appropriate for children, the very possibility of communal discussion and decision on that subject decays.