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Predictability and Explanation in the Social Sciences

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Philosophy Of Science
 Philosophy Of Social Science
 Prediction
 Explanation
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1972-01-01
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Scientific explanation requires a certain type of predictability. The particulars that are studied by the social sciences do not possess that kind of predictability. Therefore the aspiration to construct scientific explanations in the social sciences is bound to fail.
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