International Studies in Perspective of Positivism and Post- Positivism Traditions in International Relations

The study of international relations fall into two epistemological traditions: Positivism and post-positivism. The main question is what is the purpose of research and study of international relations?
This article argue that the Purpose affected by researcher epistemological Position. In the study of international relations if researcher stay put in framework of positivism epistemology, thus, your purpose of the study will be containment and prediction of international relations phenomena. But, if she/ he stay put in the post positivism epistemology the Purpose will be understanding and emancipation of phenomena. The logic of this article is dialectic logic.