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Not only theoretical sociologists, especially in Germany, have a strong aversion to mathematical and natural scientific procedures in spite of the success of the established mathematical sociology, but also the sociological mainstream generally behaves rather abstinently with regard to exact procedures — with exceptions that are yet to be discussed (cf. Fararo 1997).75 The reasons for this abstinence are partly due to the object itself, namely the already mentioned difference between the systems of the natural sciences and the cultural and cognitive sciences. This was explicitly stressed by Mayntz (1990) with reference to the influence of natural scientific theories on the social sciences; her arguments are basically the following:
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Klüver, J. (2000). Building Blocks of a Mathematical Sociology. In: The Dynamics and Evolution of Social Systems. Theory and Decision Library, vol 29. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9570-4_4
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