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Not all students of politics and society accept that the methods of the natural sciences are applicable in their field, and not all naturalist political and social scientists accept the positivist and post-positivist philosophies of science considered in the previous chapter. These two strands of thought, criticisms of naturalism, and criticisms of positivist and post-positivist philosophies of science, are the concern of the present chapter.
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Morrice, D. (1996). Non-Naturalist and Realist Political Science and Political Ideology. In: Philosophy, Science and Ideology in Political Thought. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230378223_5
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