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To: The Philosopher who wrote (83771)	7/13/2000 3:46:35 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Respond to of 108807

No. What science does in sociology and psychology is restrict itself to those aspects of the discipline that can be tackled scientifically. Naturally this brings with it a reduction to the mechanistic. But this should not be used by anybody as a value judgment - like, Science is going after the good or real or meaningful parts. Good science works with reproducible, quantifiable observables. This is easy to justify when one sets up an experiment that involves electrodes and neurons, or rats and statistics. The bias here is toward what is doable and defensible. If you spoke to a psychologist, I'm sure she'd tell you that the tools to deal with some of the big important questions don't exist, and that this is a source of frustration.