On the Epistemology of the Inexact Sciences

This is a new epistemological approach to the inexact sciences. The purpose of all science is to explain and predict in an objective manner. While in the exact sciences explanation and prediction have the same logical structure, this is not so in the inexact sciences. This permits various methodological innovations in the inexact sciences, e.g., expert judgment and simulation.

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Year of publication:	1959
Authors:	Helmer, Olaf ; Rescher, Nicholas
Published in:	Management Science. - Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences - INFORMS, ISSN 0025-1909. - Vol. 6.1959, 1, p. 25-52
Publisher:	Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences - INFORMS

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Other identifiers:	10.1287/mnsc.6.1.25 [DOI]
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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