The problem in sociology is one of lacking an accepted way to distinguish good science from bad science. I think Tetlock’s credence calibration provides such a tool and an academic discipline where scientists are required to make a lot of predictions about social things would lead to them developing reliable knowledge about those social things.
The problem in sociology is one of lacking an accepted way to distinguish good science from bad science. I think Tetlock’s credence calibration provides such a tool and an academic discipline where scientists are required to make a lot of predictions about social things would lead to them developing reliable knowledge about those social things.