Political "Science"?

Well it seems that our definition of what science is has changed over the years.

Currently science is defined this way:

science |ˈsīəns|
noun
the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment: the world of science and technology.
• a particular area of this: veterinary science | the agricultural sciences.
• a systematically organized body of knowledge on a particular subject: the science of criminology.
• archaic knowledge of any kind.
ORIGIN Middle English (denoting knowledge): from Old French, from Latin scientia, from scire ‘know.’

And political science is defined as this:

political science |pəˈlɪdəkəl ˈsaɪəns|
noun
the branch of knowledge that deals with systems of government; the analysis of political activity and behavior.
DERIVATIVES
political scientist noun

So if the word science is so loosely defined in our modern age as to include:

• a systematically organized body of knowledge on a particular subject: the science of criminology.

Then art history should be considered a science. So where does it end... every academic body of knowledge becomes a "science". So theology is a science as is the compilation of knowledge about the day to day fluctuations of the stock market....

IMO there is nothing scientific about politics or our understanding of it current or past.

It is at best an art and that is why you will not find Political "Science" listed in a science program at universities.

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