Social Sciences – Causal and Predictionist Accounts of Science

The coursework essay must address the following question:

“A careful analysis of the significance of experimental activity in the (non-social) natural sciences shows that a causalist rather than predictionist account of science is substantially the more plausible.” Critically evaluate this statement. Sources: 1) Lawson, T, 2010, ‘Economics and Science’, The Transatlantic Journal for Economics and Philosophy, Issue 1. 2) Chalmers, A, 1992, ‘Is a law reasonable to a Hume?’, Cogito, Winter, pp 125-129. 3) Lawson, T, 2015a, ‘Modern Economics: the problem and a solution’, Chapter 2 in his Essays on the Nature and State of Modern Economics, Routledge, London. 4) Lawson, T, 1997, Economics and Reality, Routledge, London. Chapters 2-4. 5) Collier, A, 1994, Critical Realism, Verso, London, Chapter 2. – Sources 1, 2 and 3 are attached, but please use sources 4 and 5 too. And if necessary, please make further research and include the new sources in the reference list.