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If words matter, I'm not sure we should be calling this sort of academia "science" at all. Policy advocacy would be a better word.
by nostromo 6y ago
If words matter, I'm not sure we should be calling this sort of academia "science" at all.
Policy advocacy would be a better word.
- renewiltord 6y agoWell, this particular word is sort of overloaded due to legacy reasons, right? For instance, strictly I would not consider most mathematical sciences 'science' - not empirical. Likewise, non-empirical social sciences aren't sciences in the science sense either. But the word 'science' means something different from its meaning in 'social science' just like 'Act of God' in your insurance paperwork does not mean a supernatural being acting (it just means natural catastrophes and the like - one kind of force majeure). Altogether, I've chosen to just accept that "social science" is not "science" in general.