# Laws of social and natural sciences

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2005-11-22-laws-of-social-and-natural-sciences

The post argues that social regularities can be treated like natural laws whose effects may be mitigated even when their exact outcomes cannot be predicted.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 22 November 2005

## Where it lives

- [Read it on Hermeneutic Heretic (web.archive.org)](https://web.archive.org/web/https://hermeneuticheretic.net/2005/11/22/laws-of-social-and-natural-sciences/)

## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 22 November 2005
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: social-causality, science, complexity, economics.

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