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    1) The aim of science on a predictionist view is to make accurate predictions about phenomena without fully understanding the underlying causes. 2) On a causalist view, the aim of science is to discover and explain the causal mechanisms that produce phenomena. Gravity is an example of a causal mechanism. 3) An open system exchanges matter and energy with its environment, while a closed system does not exchange matter or energy with its surroundings.

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    1) The aim of science on a predictionist view is to make accurate predictions about phenomena without fully understanding the underlying causes. 2) On a causalist view, the aim of science is to discover and explain the causal mechanisms that produce phenomena. Gravity is an example of a causal mechanism. 3) An open system exchanges matter and energy with its environment, while a closed system does not exchange matter or energy with its surroundings.

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    1) The aim of science on a predictionist view is to make accurate predictions about phenomena without fully understanding the underlying causes. 2) On a causalist view, the aim of science is to discover and explain the causal mechanisms that produce phenomena. Gravity is an example of a causal mechanism. 3) An open system exchanges matter and energy with its environment, while a closed system does not exchange matter or energy with its surroundings.

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    4QQMN137: SOCIAL SCIENCE AND MODERN BUSINESS I


    Topic 1 Tutorial Questions

    Students should complete the core reading for Topic 1 and prepare short
    answers to each of the following questions. Each question can be answered
    in a single paragraph.

    1. What is the aim of science on a predictionist view?


    2. What is the aim of science on a causalist view? Provide an example of
    a causal mechanism.
    3. What do you understand by the terms open and closed systems?
    4. What are the conditions needed to ensure that a closed system exists?
    5. How can the analysis of experimental activity as undertaken in the
    natural sciences demonstrate that a causalist view of science is more
    sustainable than a predictionist view of science?
    6. Do the difficulties associated with constructing closed systems in the
    social realm undermine the possibility of social science?

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