On getting hit by traffic coming in both directions: A response to Dr Karen Devine's 'epistemology matters'

    Authors

    D. Houghton

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Int. Polit.

    Keywords

    epistemology; ontology; postmodernism; International Relations; Political Science

    Abstract

    This reply to Dr Karen Devine restates my claim, originally published in International Politics, that our epistemological assumptions do not affect our substantive (or ontological) claims about international relations (IR) as much as we commonly think. Even if we restrict ourselves purely to deconstructing the arguments others have made, and to analyzing the discourses of IR, it is very difficult in practice to be genuinely postmodernist in a way that makes a real difference to empirical research. We always end up saying that reality is the way it is, no matter how hard we try to hedge it around with disclaimers of various sorts. International Politics (2013) 50, 303-308. doi:10.1057/ip.2013.3

    Journal Title

    International Politics

    Volume

    50

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2013

    Document Type

    Editorial Material

    Language

    English

    First Page

    303

    Last Page

    308

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000316297200006

    ISSN

    1384-5748

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