Sociologists who claim to be skeptical about the ability of researchers to discern cause and effect in our complex world are expressing a(n)__________ difference with sociologists who insist that they can indeed figure out what causes our world to work as it does.

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The difference being described is based on epistemological beliefs about the extent to which cause and effect relationships can be discerned in the social world, suggesting that the difference is primarily about how researchers understand knowledge and its acquisition.

Sociologists Who Claim to Be Skeptical About the Ability of Researchers