Over last 20 years in American policy science, where positivistic tendency is far stronger than in Germany, has been grown more strongly the criticism of positivism with its, in fact, little contributions to policy success, which insists on the separa...
Over last 20 years in American policy science, where positivistic tendency is far stronger than in Germany, has been grown more strongly the criticism of positivism with its, in fact, little contributions to policy success, which insists on the separation of facts and values, and on only dealing with facts which has leaded in the meanwhile to establishing the word of `post-positivism` in policy science. The science-philsopical background of this post-positivism is the critical theory of Frankfurt` school in Germany and specially the discursive theory of Habermas. This study focusing on only the discursive theory of Habermas, not on dealing with critical theory in general, has tried to identify the basic concept of Habermas` discursive model as special discussion`s model belonging to communication paradigm, based on science-philosopically on speech game theory and anti-positivistic consensus theory of truth in the ideal speech situation, on the contrary to the benefit-calculating paradigm in Anglo-American world. Here theoretically, the basic norms, a number of other rules, and argument structure guarantee the truth of consensus. On account of this assumption of ideal situation in complicate and turbulent world today, the possibility of its institutionalizing has been criticized severely by most critics. But in my view. Habermas` discurs-concept seems in spite of many difficulties and constraints in its institutionalizing at least theoretically to be the persuasive alternative to overcome Hume` Is-Ought fallacy and Moor`s naturalistic fallacy and to judge vlaues scientifically.