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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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gutenberg.orgThe social sciences, if these two stipulations are fulfilled, will then be an apparatus for conducting investigation, and for recording and interpreting (organizing) its results.
Dewey describes the social sciences as tools for investigation and interpretation of social phenomena.
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