Critique of Quetelet's statistical determinism?
Some have argued that my emphasis on statistical regularities implies a form of determinism, suggesting that individual actions are predetermined by social forces. While I observed that societal conditions influence the probability of certain outcomes, I never intended to negate human agency entirely. My goal was to understand the *constraints* and *tendencies* that societies impose, enabling us to better manage them, not to argue that individuals lack free will within those frameworks.
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