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Psychology, sociology and theology (and more logys?) was never meant to be sciences. We can blame the enlightenment for that idea, let’s revert them back to ren
by cjohansson 7y ago
Psychology, sociology and theology (and more logys?) was never meant to be sciences. We can blame the enlightenment for that idea, let’s revert them back to renaissance activities
- daenz 7y agoThere's too much power in them being considered sciences, which is why they'll remain that way.
- mr_overalls 7y agoPsychology and sociology can be made as rigorous as individuals & institutions care to. Theology, not so much.
- high_5 7y agoActually most of the (christian) theology (when discussed by theologists) within its confines is very rigorous.
- mr_overalls 7y agoTheology can be rigorous in the sense of its models possessing internal validity (logical consistency, parsimony). However, because it's basically speculation about unobservable entities, theology completely lacks external validity. Social sciences can have both.
- blackbrokkoli 7y agoI hope you do realize the irony in just declaring that something was "never meant to be a science"... Science is about constantly evolving via falsification of theories. You might want to base your definition of what can be science on something different than an unsourced appeal to authority from 300 years ago?