Ep 54: Jonathan Kirshner on Realism
School of War
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The Rejection of Social Science
I would not see classical realism as rejecting social science I think you say. How is it that the case you just outlined is not simply a rejection of social science as such? We can't predict the future if I roll two dice I cannot predict for you what the outcome is going to be but I know for sure the probable outcome by of every possible outcome I can assign a probability to it, he says. Every observer looking at that equation will look at that probability outcome as well with in situations of uncertainty.
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