(non-social) natural sciences : Casualist and predictionist account of science.
A careful analysis of the significance of experimental activity in the (non-social) natural sciences shows that a causalist rather than predictionist account of science is substantially the more plausible.” Critically evaluate this statement. These sources could be used and preferably used for writing the essay.1. Lawson, T, 2010, ‘Economics and Science’, The Transatlantic Journal for Economics and Philosophy, Issue 1. Available on Keats page. 2. Chalmers, A, 1992, ‘Is a law reasonable to a Hume?’, Cogito, Winter, pp 125-129. Available on Keats page. 3. Lawson, T, 2015a, ‘Modern Economics: the problem and a solution’, Chapter 2 in his Essays on the Nature and State of Modern Economics, Routledge, London. Available on Keats page. 4. Lawson, T, 1997, Economics and Reality, Routledge, London. Chapters 2-4. 5. Collier, A, 1994, Critical Realism, Verso, London, Chapter 2.
(non-social) natural sciences : Casualist and predictionist account of science