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  3. The social sciences are less likely than other intellectual enterprises to get credit for their accomplishments. Arguably, this

The social sciences are less likely than other intellectual enterprises to get credit for their accomplishments. Arguably, this

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问题    The social sciences are less likely than other intellectual enterprises to get credit for their accomplishments. Arguably, this is so because the theories and conceptual constructs of the social sciences are especially accessible: human intelligence apprehends truths about human affairs with particular facility. And the discoveries of the social sciences, once isolated and labeled, are quickly absorbed into conventional wisdom, whereupon they lose their distinctiveness as scientific advances.
    This under appreciation of the social sciences contrasts oddly with what many see as their overutilization. Game theory is pressed into service in studies of shifting international alliances. Evaluation research is called upon to demonstrate successes or failures of social programs. Models from economics and demography become the definitive tools for examining the financial base of social security. Yet this rush into practical applications is itself quite understandable: public policy should continually be made, and policymakers rightly feel that even tentative findings and untested theories are better guides to decision-making than no findings and no theories at all.
The author would probably agree that ______.
选项 A、discoveries of the social sciences also represent scientific advances
B、social sciences lack the rigor that characterizes natural sciences
C、discoveries of the social sciences are being abused
D、there should be a strict separation between pure and applied social sciences
答案A
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