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Is there a fundamental difference between hypothetical explanations in sociology and natural sciences?

According to Explanandum and Explanans on Wikipedia: An explanandum (a Latin term) is a sentence describing a phenomenon that is to be explained, and the explanans are the sentences adduced as ...
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Einstein on induction [closed]

Einstein says here the researcher always starts out from facts, whose mutual connections are his aim, he does not find his system of ideas in a methodical, inductive way Surely, I am thinking, ...
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Are "intelligent systems" really intelligent? [closed]

For the scope of this question, let's consider an intelligent system as something with the properties of accomplishing some kind of goal(s). By this definition, all people are technically intelligent ...
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