Individualism and the Philosophy of the Social Sciences

In our proper condemnation of scientism in the study of man, we should not make the mistake of dismissing science as well. For if we do, we credit scientism too highly and accept at face value its claim to be the one and only scientific method. If scientism is, as we believe it to be, an improper method, then it cannot be truly scientific. Science, after all, means scientia, correct knowledge; it is older and wiser than the positivist-pragmatist attempt to monopolize the term.