Explanation and understanding in the social sciences

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Description: It is often supposed that because the social sciences must deal with people, social science is either quite impossible, or at best, inevitably incompetent. Unfortunately, this view is promoted, in quite unintended ways, by many writers who have a mistaken view of the natural sciences. These writers suppose that:
Peter T. Manicas
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