POL208Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Peace River Country, Spiral Model, Norman Angell
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Pol 208 lecture 3 september 28. What is a theory: term is used in many different ways, a way to navigate the world around us, why things are the way they are. E. g. map draws imaginary lines, includes some things, exclude others, same thing with theories. Maps covering the same area can look very different depending on their proposed function. Theory is not always reality, outlines something for a specific purpose: theory that includes everything is a useless theory. Steven walt everybody uses theories whether they know it or not . Can shape our actions whether or not we want it. Doyle ways of war and peace, triangulating peace. Keynes practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence are usually the slaves of some defunct economist : theory molds people in ways that we cannot always be aware of. We should always consider the time periods we place events in.
