I always was amazed by how disciplines which can give very different grades of accuracy (exact sciences in contrast to others which fails in its predictions more times than they are successful) can all be considered science by part of the people. So digging into this I've read that in a modern sense science requires empiricism and scientific method, and by part of the people in a broader interpretivist sense these properties aren't required. So my question is, was [interpretivism, or antipositivism,](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipositivism) always considered science by part of the people, or this conception came into play later on?