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John Dewey: “The social sciences, if these two stipulations are fulfilled, will then be an apparatus for conducting investigation…”

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The social sciences, if these two stipulations are fulfilled, will then be an apparatus for conducting investigation, and for recording and interpreting (organizing) its results.
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John Dewey

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Dewey describes the social sciences as tools for investigation and interpretation of social phenomena.

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