This Editorial introduces the symposium ‘Do Actions Speak Louder Than Thoughts? Normative Behaviourism Reconsidered’, which revisits a contribution to political philosophy methodology, Floyd’s Is Political Philosophy Impossible: Thoughts and Behaviour in Normative Political Theory. I briefly outline each of the contributions, as well as paving the way for Floyd’s response.
FloydJ (2016a) Normative Behaviourism and Global Political Principles. Journal of International Political Theory12 (2): 152–168.
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FloydJ (2016b) Analytics and Continentals: Divided by Nature but United by Praxis?European Journal of Political Theory15 (2): 155–171.
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FloydJ (2017) Is Political Philosophy Impossible? Thoughts and Behaviour in Normative Political Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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FloydJ (2020) Normative Behaviourism as a Solution to Four Problems in Realism and Non-Ideal Theory. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy23 (2): 137–162.
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FloydJ (2023) Can Real Actions Justify Realist Principles? Normative Behaviourism as a Member of the Realist Family. Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy26 (3): 356–375.
