%0 Journal Article %T The Kelvin dictum and social science: An excursion into the history of an idea %A Merton, Robert K. %A Sills, David L. %A Stigler, Stephen M. %J Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences %V 20 %N 4 %P 319-331 %@ 0022-5061 %D 1984-10-01 %I Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company %~ DeepDyve