A Query About Assumptions on International Organization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6412013 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gerhart Niemeyer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1955 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 337-347 |
| Publication date | 1955-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-8871 • E-ISSN: 1086-3338 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2009153 |
| OpenAlex | W2171163759 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In seeking a rational solution to policy problems, we select and approach the relevant facts in the light of underlying assumptions. Both knowledge of the object and rational certainty about the course to be taken can be attained only by proceeding from assumptions concerning values as well as causal relations. Our thinking is scientific (or, if one prefers another term, rationally disciplined rather than merely emotional) insofar as these indispensable assumptions are made deliberately, methodically, and critically. In applying thought to the problem of international organization, we have not done as well in this respect as we ought. It may be worthwhile, therefore, to call attention to the task of critically examining the assumptions on which the study of problems of international organization actually proceeds
Certainty · Economics · Epistemology · Management · Management science · Object (grammar · Political science · Positive economics · Rationality · Task (project management · Term (time · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,03 |
| Citation span | 1956 - 1971 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |