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  Conspicuously, since human demeanor (behaviour) is unpredictable, the art of politics is therefore seen as a non-scientific branch of learning. Hence, one may not be wrong to say politics is regarded as an art due its limitation as a science. In that instance, politics as an art is therefore regarded as the method or strategy employed by politicians to conduct the affairs of human society as well as political activities. However, it is imperative to note that politics an art is largely influenced by the common sense, intuition, and imagination of the politicians in the conduct of political activities. Therefore, it is believed in the imaginary, creativity and practical knowledge of politician in the process of resource allocation or values in the society.                                      ...

  Over the years, there has been a controversy among scholars (the behaviorists and traditionalists) on whether the study of politics is science or not. In the first instance, what is science? Science is defined as the observation, identification, verification, experimental investigation and theoretical explanation of natural phenomena. Simply put, science is an organized body of knowledge as well as method and system of deriving truth. In corroboration to the above definitions, an American humorist, Josh Billing (1818 – 1885) asserts that “science is the literature of truth”. Sequel to the above, it can be deduced that scientific knowledge seems to mean any body of systematic knowledge of well-defined area of inquiry. Be that as it may, for adequate understanding, the following are some of the assumption and principle that characterised scientific knowledge; a)       Observation and empiricism: This is based on what is observable, verification and e...