...a postpositivist would define it as "everyday practice" in which "theorizing is a way of life, a form of life, something we all do, every day, all the time," (Zalewski, 1996) (...) "we think about these events and possibilities, and what we think we can do about them, depends in a fundamental sense on how we think about them. In short, out thinking about the 'real' world, and hence our practices, is directly related to our theories." (Smith, 1996)
Making Sense of International Relations Theory, (ed. Jeniffer Sterling-Folker), 2nd edition (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2013) p. 9.