On the Epistemology of the Inexact Sciences
@article{Helmer1959OnTE,
title={On the Epistemology of the Inexact Sciences},
author={Olaf Helmer and Nicholas Rescher},
journal={Management Science},
year={1959},
volume={6},
pages={25-52},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:154790963}
}This is a new epistemological approach to the inexact sciences. The purpose of all science is to explain and predict in an objective manner. While in the exact sciences explanation and prediction…
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