Understanding the structure of government is largely a matter of understanding law and formal procedure. This understanding can be validated by decisions that courts make when resolving controversies relating to that structure.
Validating an understanding of political philosophy cannot be done scientifically, which is the same for all areas of philosophy.
Validating an understanding of the outcomes produced by certain kinds of policy can be approached somewhat scientifically, but you’re never going to derive reliable predictions, or conclusions that are widely agreed upon. Which is the same issue that all scientific research of human behavior encounters, in this case further complicated by the fact that the domain is the entirety of human civilization.
Validating an understanding of political philosophy cannot be done scientifically, which is the same for all areas of philosophy.
Validating an understanding of the outcomes produced by certain kinds of policy can be approached somewhat scientifically, but you’re never going to derive reliable predictions, or conclusions that are widely agreed upon. Which is the same issue that all scientific research of human behavior encounters, in this case further complicated by the fact that the domain is the entirety of human civilization.