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C/P/288. Science can only be certain about nature, not society. Discuss

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2010
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The paper argues whether a rational scientific method can adequately explain society reviewing the ideas of Hume, Potter, Ospina, etc. The approaches of objectivism and interpretivism are compared discussing whether a realistic understanding of society is based on the constructivist approach.

 

KEYWORDS: rational scientific method, objectivism, interpretivism, constructivism, society,