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    If the failures are systematic rather than peripheral, th... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Much of the controversy over rational choice imperialism has been based on a failure to appreciate the limitations of the rational choice model.

    If the failures are systematic rather than peripheral, then acknowledging 'limitations' cannot rehabilitate the core research program.

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    • 1.Systematic failures affect foundational assumptions, so acknowledging them as 'limitations' merely quarantines rather than addresses root problems.
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    • 2.If failures are systemic, they pervade methodology, theory, and interpretation—making incremental acknowledgment insufficient for credibility restoration.
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    • 3.Peripheral failures allow a research program to self-correct; systemic ones require abandoning core commitments the program depends upon.
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    • 1.The distinction between 'systemic' and 'peripheral' is often retrospective judgment, not objective fact—what seems systemic may be tractable with refinement.
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    • 2.Acknowledging limitations can meaningfully restore credibility if it's coupled with concrete methodological reforms and transparent error analysis.
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    • 3.Many mature sciences (physics, medicine) have core programs that survived acknowledged systematic historical failures through iterative improvement.
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