Good point.
But its kind of a continuum. Seems scientific method needs to get less rigid the closer it gets to studying the actions of intelligent beings. Sociology and psychology are softer sciences than biology which is softer than chemistry and physics. For understanding people, having relationships and using intuition and empathy work better.
Theology is most at the extreme. We can not understand God through science any more than an microscopic organism can understand us through science. However we can have a relationship with Him.
The problem many have with this is that God is more sophisticated than us and out of our control. He refuses to be what we imagine he ought. And He stubbornly persists at being what we can't comprehend. And yet we can "get" Him when we love Him.
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” Sociology and psychology are softer sciences than biology which is softer than chemistry and physics”
It’s improper to use the methods of hard sciences, the physical sciences, to study social phenomena. Hayak wrote an excellent little book on the subject called “The Counter-Revolution of Science: Studies on the Abuse of Reason”. Hayak calls this misapplication of scientific methodology “scientism”. It’s an easy read and Hayek of course is one of the great intellects of his time.