So accustomed are we to this method of collecting, recording and presenting social changes, that it may well sound ridiculous to say that a genuine social science would manifest its reality in the daily press, while learned books and articles supply and polish tools of inquiry.
Dewey argues for the necessity of integrating genuine social science into everyday media rather than relying solely on academic publications.
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