During the late 1980s and the 1990s, debate between positivists and post-positivists became the dominant debate and has been described as constituting the Third "Great Debate" (Lapid 1989).
Pada akhir 1980-an dan 1990-an, perdebatan antara kaum positivis dan pascapositivis menjadi perdebatan yang dominan dan telah disebut sebagai "Perdebatan Besar" Ketiga (Lapid 1989).