The typical reflectivist rejection of positivist assumptions and methods has led to criticism that the approach cannot make reliable statements about the outside world and even that it has repudiated the entire "social science enterprise".
Penolakan reflektivis terhadap asumsi dan metode positivis memunculkan kritik bahwa pendekatan tersebut tidak dapat mengeluarkan pernyataan yang tepat mengenai dunia luar dan menolak seluruh "tatanan ilmu sosial".