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The Presidential Cabinet of the Federal Government

iry to development of applications for the field of political inquiry.

The first approach treats political philosophy as something separate and distinct from other philosophies, while recognizing that political philosophy itself has its own traditions. While this approach is widely used by contemporary political philosophers, the classic philosophers from which political philosophy draws its traditions drew readily from other philosophies. The result is that much of the classic literature of political philosophy deals with conceptual analysis, while much of the contemporary literature of political philosophy deals with conjectures as to how political organizations work, and as to causal links between institutional forms and policies.

Only a few modern political philosophers, such as Hegel and Marx, have made attempts to place politics and its institutions in an encompassing metaphysical framework. Political philosophies of this type are typically anchored to a specific view of the nature of man, such as Bentham's utilitarian theory, or Aristotle's conception of nature as something consisting in the characteristic excellence of which it is capable.

The most notable developments in political philosophy typically occur at periods of history when political discord is highest. The new developments, such as American democracy or Marxist thought, are offered as cures for contemporary problems. Analytical philosophy challenges such developments on the grounds that philosophical inquiry is concerned with the conceptual nature of thinking, and, as such, cannot yield any new knowledge of facts, other than those related to the language used to describe known phenomena. In this context, the analytical philosopher views political philosophy as a second-order activity, which is (1) concerned with the concepts and methods of political science, which causes it to be a branch of the philosophy of science, or (2) concerned with the concepts...

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