Fourth debate: rationalism/positivism vs. reflectivism/post-positivism

Debate between explaining/understanding, positivism/post-positivism, rationalism/ and reflectivism. Led to constructivism, critical theory, post-structuralism, post-modernism, and feminist IR theory that brought new social theories and philosophies from social science into IR.

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Fourth debate: rationalism/positivism vs. reflectivism/post-positivism
First debate: WWI-WWII idealism vs. realism
Second (methodological) debate: behaviouralism vs. traditionalism
Third debate: neo-r'ism vs neo-lib'ism/pluralism vs Marxism/Globalism
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