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Morton A. Kaplan
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University of Chicago, USA
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Inanna Hamati-Ataya
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University of Aberystwyth, UK
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Contemporary philosophy is torn between a reliance on the pragmatic meanings of designated objects and a foundation based on formal theory. This book shows that philosophical knowledge, which no more has a terminal state than an infinite set has a last term, advances when the dialectical relationship between the two approaches is synthesized. The choice of designations is intimately related to theory and the form of theory is intimately related to the character of designated objects. The intimate dialectical relationship between theory and meaning is explored in detail in the area of international theory. The recent emphasis on realism rests on a regressive misunderstanding of the dialectical relationship between theory and practice that loses Newton's acute understanding of it, an understanding that underlies the great advances of physics, and that is lost in the contemporary social sciences.
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xiii
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A World View
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- Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
Pages 43-63
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- Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
Pages 64-87
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- Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
Pages 88-110
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Analytics
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Front Matter
Pages 111-111
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- Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
Pages 113-135
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- Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
Pages 136-147
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Systems
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Front Matter
Pages 149-149
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- Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
Pages 151-162
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- Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
Pages 163-167
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- Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
Pages 168-184
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Applications
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Front Matter
Pages 185-185
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- Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
Pages 187-195
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- Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
Pages 196-218
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- Morton A. Kaplan, Inanna Hamati-Ataya
Pages 219-232
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Back Matter
Pages 233-247
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Chicago, USA
Morton A. Kaplan
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University of Aberystwyth, UK
Inanna Hamati-Ataya
About the authors
Morton A. Kaplan is Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago, USA. He is an internationally renowned scholar in Political Science and International Relations, and a pioneer in the development of systems theory and its application to world politics. His System and Process in International Politics (1957) is a classic of International Relations theory.
Inanna Hamati-Ataya is Lecturer in the Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK.
Patrick A Heelan is William A. Gaston Professor of Philosophy, Georgetown University, USA.