TY - JOUR
TI - Understanding in Political Science: A Primary, Complementary or Supplementary Task?
AU - Jabłoński, Andrzej W.
AU - Górnicka, Weronika
TI - Understanding in Political Science: A Primary, Complementary or Supplementary Task?
AB - 
	This paper is a contribution to the discussion concerning the methodological and theoretical orientation of the Polish political science community. It aims to answer the question posed in the title by analysing representative texts by Polish political theorists. The scholarly output of four well-known political scientists – Filip Pierzchalski, Kamil Minkner, Artur Laska and Łukasz Młyńczyk – was examined. The interpretation of selected texts by these authors made it possible to show the applications of the category of “understanding” in the concepts of interpretationism, narrativism, understanding naturalism and integral approach. The conducted study indicates that understanding is perceived as the main, albeit multi-variant, task of political science, determined by ontological and axiological perspectives. The analysis proper is preceded by a presentation of the main problems of the subject under discussion, including the meaning of the key terms such as understanding, interpretation, communication, and knowledge.
VL - 2023
IS - Nr 8/2023
PY - 2023
SN - 2543-7046
C1 - 2544-0845
SP - 67
EP - 84
DO - 10.4467/25440845TP.23.005.18544
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/teoria-polityki/artykul/understanding-in-political-science-a-primary-complementary-or-supplementary-task
KW - understanding
KW - communication
KW - interpretationism
KW - narrativism
KW - integral theory
KW - naturalism