Paul Diesingnbsp;is professor emeritus of political science at the State University of New York at Buffalo. He did his graduate studies in philosophy from the University of Chicago and has taught at that university, the University of Illinois, and the University of Colorado. Diesing has also been a faculty associate at the Buffalo Center for International Conflict Studies, where he participated in the Center#39;s program of researching in bargaining theory and international crises. He is the author ofnbsp; Reason in Society: Five Types of Decisions and Their Social Conditions nbsp;andnbsp; Science and Ideology in the Policy Sciences .