Why Do we Study Politics?

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Why Do we Study Politics? what's this all about?

To build a body of knowledge

What does it mean to Know Something? Explain, Describe, Predict and Control What are the sources of knowledge? direct observation reason authority

direct observations observe a sequence of events and see if it recurs in more than one instance. law of gravity explains a lot, we have seen it happen often Replicated events

Reason Even if we haven’t seen a particular thing happen before (observation) it is logical that things will happen in a certain way

Authority How do we know that Madison and the boys did their thing in 1787? How do you know that we landed on the moon in 1968?

Which are the most reliable? observation reason authority

what does this mean?

What is this?

Read This:

What is this?

How do we know that the sun rises each morning?

Why do we study politics build body of knoweldge about the poltical world explain, describe, predict, control

explain

describe

predict

control

Why do we study politics? explain describe predict control