Study Questions for Maxwell

  1. What is the author's main point?
  2. What is a disciple-scholar?
  3. What are the different kinds of truth?
  4. What kind of truth is political science?
  5. How is scholarship a form of worship?
  6. What is the difference between truth and knowledge?
  7. What qualities are necessary in a disciple-scholar?
  8. Where do "perplexities" or "puzzling moments" fit into the gradations of truth?
  9. Why does any of this matter to political scientists?

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