The reason for this is that the object, the “facts” of the social sciences are also opinions - not the opinions of the student of the social phenomena, of course, but opinions of those whose actions produce the object of the social scientist. While for the natural scientist the contrast between objective facts and subjective opinions is a confusimple one, the distinction cannot as readily be applied to the object of social sciences. 2 This point was stressed by Hayek: ‘There are no better terms available to describe this difference between the approach of the natural and the social sciences than to call the former “objective” and the latter “subjective.” Yet, these terms are ambiguous and might prove misleading without any further explanation.
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