• DOI:10.1177/1354066100006001003
Corpus ID: 144814459

God Gave Physics the Easy Problems:

@article{Bernstein2000GodGP,
  title={God Gave Physics the Easy Problems:},
  author={S. Bernstein and R. Lebow and J. Stein and S. Weber},
  journal={European Journal of International Relations},
  year={2000},
  volume={6},
  pages={43 - 76}
}

S. Bernstein, R. Lebow, +1 author S. Weber

Published 2000

Sociology

European Journal of International Relations

For conceptual and empirical reasons the quest for predictive theory rests on a mistaken analogy between physical and social phenomena. Evolutionary biology is a more productive analogy for social science. We explore the value of this analogy in its `hard' and `soft' versions, and examine the implications of both for theory and research in International Relations. We develop the case for forward `tracking' of International Relations on the basis of local and general knowledge as a constructive… CONTINUE READING

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