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The author argues that the fundamental goal of theory in both the natural and social sciences is not, contrary to widespread opinion, prediction and control, or the explanation of events. Instead theory aims to provide an understanding of the processes which produce the contingent outcomes of experience.Manicas, Peter is the author of 'Realist Philosophy of Social Science Explanation and Understanding', published 2006 under ISBN 9780521861403 and ISBN 0521861403.
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