POL 2103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Thomas Kuhn, Diplomatic History, Hans Morgenthau

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POL 2103
• Professor: Ivaylo Grouev

Document Summary

Definition of international relations: interactions among different states, governments and countries across the globe. Learning o knowing anything requires both thought and investigation, theory and data. Russian writer, author of the epic (cid:498)war and peace(cid:499) (cid:523)(cid:883)(cid:890)(cid:888)(cid:891)(cid:524) (cid:498)violence is the last refuge of the incompetent(cid:499) )ssac asimov component of kuhn(cid:495)s definition of paradigm is. In the structure of scientific revolutions, thomas kuhn defines a scientific paradigm as: what is to be observed and scrutinized. Oxford english dictionary defines paradigm as : a pattern or model, an exemplar. How is an experiment to be conducted, and what equipment is available to conduct the experiment. The decision of governments concerning their actions toward other governments. Traditionally it came from as a result of beginning of 20th century, first great war if people died (which they did) then the objective was to avoid this at all cost. Comes from: a) diplomatic history, b) international law. Two entities: political control and something else? (deeply rooted)