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Question 1

Charecteristics of the Humanities

Answer 1

historical particularity,
mistrust of generalizations,
empathy and hermeutics

Question 2

Charecteristics of the natural sciences

Answer 2

Universals and regularities,

Question 3

What is the key component of the idographic approach

Answer 3

understanding of contigent, unique occurences

Question 4

What is the key component of the nomothetic approach

Answer 4

identifying regularities, formulating generalizaitons and laws

Question 5

What are the strengths of the idographic approach

Answer 5

yield detailed, context sentitive knowledge

Question 6

What are the weaknesses of the idographic approach

Answer 6

blind to general factors,
lead to large collections of insights rather tham systematic knowledge

Question 7

What are the strengths of the nomothetic approach

Answer 7

good at identifying similarities and underlying structures

Question 8

What are the weaknesses of the nomothetic approach

Answer 8

erase specificity of outcomes,
be reductive, mechanistic and positivistic