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HES: EDITORIAL -- SSK as a Resource for HET (1596 words) |
 | SSK says that "scientists' beliefs are caused by social factors." Well, of course economists' beliefs are caused by social factors; they are caused by social factors like the observed rate of unemployment or the rate of growth in the money supply. |
| SSK says society, not nature, causes the beliefs of scientists; since "the economy" is social, not natural, it is hardly surprising (or very radical) to say that the beliefs of economists have social causes. |
| SSK focuses on the social determinants of scientific belief; studies in the history of science that reflect the traditional values of the history profession would certainly include such social factors, but they might also include other things as well. |
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