tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27510501.post116183854808913215..comments2023-10-15T06:34:47.483-04:00Comments on Theoretically Political: Political Theory: What's the Point, and Who Cares? (Josh)TP Administratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663393145157823973noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27510501.post-1161894527883119112006-10-26T16:28:00.000-04:002006-10-26T16:28:00.000-04:00Good idea, Josh.I don't find the question "What is...Good idea, Josh.<BR/><BR/>I don't find the question "What is political theory?" all that interesting, if all it's asking us to do is summarize what political theorists study. (My similarly uninteresting answer is that most political theorists or thinkers of interest to political theorists attempt to evaluate and critique political and social institutions and the attempts of past thinkers.)<BR/><BR/>A more interesting question is how political theorists defend their claims, if any of them are defensible. My view is that Rawls was basically right. Demonstrating coherence or incoherence, suitably defined, among the claims made by a political theory is the only legitimate way of defending its truth. I also think that this method, correctly construed, is also the only method by which one makes progress in philosophy and mathematics in general.<BR/><BR/>What else is there to say?Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06935655225625074829noreply@blogger.com