Talk:List of political scientists

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I don't think I understand this article - something's wrong when the list doesn't include Plato and Machiavelli, who to my knowledge were the only political scientists to actually apply scientific methods. Peter Grey 18:35, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

• Gray: Plato and Machiavelli were political theorists or philosophers, not political scientists in the contemporary academic sense. Your knowledge is completely wrong; neither Plato or Machiavelli applied scientific methods to political phenomena the way that the individuals on this list do. Go pick up a copy of APSR or another journal somewhere. THAT is political science. BUT, my problem with the list is that Fareed Zakaria is listed as a political scientist, while Lipset, Wildavsky, Key, and others do not appear. Zakaria does have a PhD, but he writes for Newsweek primarily, doesn't he, and not in the journals or serious academic discussion? Either way, he hasn't done nearly as much as MANY unlisted people.