TY - JOUR TI - Discursive Validation of Theoretical Reflection in Political Sciences AU - Nocoń, Jarosław TI - Discursive Validation of Theoretical Reflection in Political Sciences AB - The article addresses the topic of scientific validation of theoretical reflection in the context of academic discourse. The primary thesis states that the status of a stance, school or a theoretical traditionis, on the one hand, determined by factual arguments relying on rational justification and explanatory pragmatism, and on the other hand, by numerous irrational factors that determine contemporary discourse in scientific community. The author focuses on both cultural, systemic and institutional determinants of discourse.  VL - 2017 IS - No. 1/2017 PY - 2017 SN - 2543-7046 C1 - 2544-0845 SP - 63 EP - 77 DO - 10.4467/00000000TP.17.004.6583 UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/teoria-polityki/article/dyskursywne-uprawomocnienie-refleksji-teoretycznej-w-naukach-o-polityce KW - theory of politics KW - political theory KW - academic discourse KW - scientific validation of knowledge KW - theoretical reflection