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On Acting and Knowing: How Pragmatism Can Advance International Relations Research and Methodology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

Jörg Friedrichs  and
Friedrich Kratochwil
Jörg Friedrichs
Affiliation:
Department of International Development (Queen Elizabeth House), Oxford University, England. E-mail: joerg.friedrichs@qeh.ox.ac.uk
Friedrich Kratochwil
Affiliation:
Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole, Italy, and Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea. E-mail: friedrich.kratochwil@eui.eu
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Abstract

This article moves from deconstruction to reconstruction in research methodology. It proposes pragmatism as a way to escape from epistemological deadlock. We first show that social scientists are mistaken in their hope to obtain warranted knowledge through traditional scientific methods. We then show that pragmatism has grown from tacit commonsense to an explicit item on the agenda of the international relations discipline. We suggest that a coherent pragmatic approach consists of two elements: the recognition of knowledge generation as a social and discursive activity, and the orientation of research toward the generation of useful knowledge. To offer a concrete example of what pragmatic methodology can look like, we propose the research strategy of abduction. We assess various forms of research design to further elucidate how pragmatic research works in practice.

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International Organization , Volume 63 , Issue 4 , October 2009 , pp. 701 - 731
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 2009

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