__________ bridges idiographic and nomothetic approaches to explanation by seeking to understand how causal mechanisms operate in specific contexts.
A) Scientific constructivism
B) Scientific instrumentalism
C) Scientific realism
D) Scientific positivism

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Scientific realism bridges idiographic (focusing on individual cases or events) and nomothetic (seeking general laws) approaches by aiming to understand how underlying causal mechanisms operate in particular contexts. It posits that the world is as it is, independent of our perceptions, and our scientific theories aim to describe and explain its real structures and mechanisms.

__________ Bridges Idiographic and Nomothetic Approaches to Explanation by Seeking