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This is a 7 page paper discussing the state of the discipline of political science. Since the time of Aristotle, political science has been a discipline that has been used to study man and the state. Originally political science was based on philosophical theory much of it which was based on man’s natural knowledge. Within the last two centuries, political science has continued to study philosophy based on the state and the study of constitutional government. Within the last fifty years however, the discipline has been severed into various areas, the most published of which is that which leans towards a more “scientific” approach involving quantitative research. Leo Strauss recognized the development of this trend and tried to warn against it in the 1950s trying to bring the discipline back toward a broader philosophical approach. Many political scientists today also believe that in order to preserve the discipline a broader more historical philosophical approach should be used in which other cross disciplines should be included rather than subdividing the discipline further in an attempt to gain academic recognition.
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theory much of it which was based on mans natural knowledge. Within the last two centuries, political science has continued to study philosophy based on the state and the study
of constitutional government. Within the last fifty years however, the discipline has been severed into various areas, the most published of which is that which leans towards a more "scientific"
approach involving quantitative research. Leo Strauss recognized the development of this trend and tried to warn against it in the 1950s trying to bring the discipline back toward a broader
philosophical approach. Many political scientists today also believe that in order to preserve the discipline a broader more historical philosophical approach should be used in which other cross disciplines should
be included rather than subdividing the discipline further in an attempt to gain academic recognition. As Aristotle once pointed out, political science
is considered the highest practical science though not the highest science. Since the time of Aristotle and the discussion of political science in the ancient Greeks, political science has always
been considered as the one science that is able to address all the virtues, the common good and actions toward the good. Political science knows of how man and governments
make decisions in the environments of public, political pressure, coercion and vice (Schall, 2001). Most academics do not question the validity of the discipline of political science but most political
science departments and political scientists themselves struggle for recognition within the framework of an academic environment or society. Political science departments within university settings also have the added stigma that
they must be accepted and recommended above other departments in regards to their accrediting organizations and professional associations (Schall, 2001). Recently, critics have wondered about the impact of the American
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