More then three centuries ago, more precisely in 1686, Sir Isaac Newton, one of the foundation–stones of human thought (see [AM78]), in his famous book ‘Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica’, stated the metaphysical and physical basis of modern sciences, including CSB (in spite of the influences of modern physics).
Methodology of all sciences tries to solve two main problems: explanation and prediction. The problem of explanation (or basic understanding of the structure and function of the object in consideration) has been (more or less successfully) solved by both natural and social sciences. But the problem of prediction has been (in a limited range) solved only by the so–called ‘exact sciences’ with developed mathematical, measurement, and computer simulation equipment.