The second section presents the views andassumptions of realism in conducting research in social science. The main realistic attacks onlogical positivism approach are presented in the third section and the conclusion is given in thefourth section.
Water is considered 'the' universal solvent because more materials are dissolved by it than by any other solvent but it will not dissolve non-polar substances like oil.
Report Abuse. Yes, water is a solution(liquid).it is called as universal solvent because it can solve all kinds of salts. its chemical name is H2O(dihydrogen monoxide), where H is Hydrogen Atom and O is oxygen atom.