Naturalism

Assumptions &methods used to study natural sciences can be transferred to study of social world = unproblematically employ quantitative and objective observation of the world to discover empirical regularities and universal causal laws to describe and explain behaviour.

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Themes & Theories in International Relations
1. Theory & theorising
D. Philosophy of knowledge
Positivism
Naturalism
Empirical realism
Foundationalism
Separation of facts and values
Separation of object and subject
Truth by correspondence
Universalism
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