Two my dreams. (Summary of the Rein Taagepera 's lecture, Karl Deutsch’s prize laureate)
Abstract
Science walks on two legs. One leg consists of asking: How things are ? This leads to observation, measurement, graphing, and statistical description. The other leg consists of asking: How things should be , on logical grounds? This leads to logical models that should become quantitatively predictive. Science largely consists of such models, tested with data. Developed science establishes not only connections among individual factors but also connections among these connections. But social sciences often take the lazy road of fitting raw data with a straight line or some fashionable format, unaware of the need to think and build models based on logic. Major widening in social science methodology is crucial.
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