The document discusses the differences between social science, natural science, and humanities. Social science examines human behavior and relationships through both scientific methods and other approaches. Natural science deals with the physical world using empirical evidence and focuses on fields like biology and physics. Humanities seeks to understand the human experience through philosophical and analytical methods.
The document discusses the differences between social science, natural science, and humanities. Social science examines human behavior and relationships through both scientific methods and other approaches. Natural science deals with the physical world using empirical evidence and focuses on fields like biology and physics. Humanities seeks to understand the human experience through philosophical and analytical methods.
The document discusses the differences between social science, natural science, and humanities. Social science examines human behavior and relationships through both scientific methods and other approaches. Natural science deals with the physical world using empirical evidence and focuses on fields like biology and physics. Humanities seeks to understand the human experience through philosophical and analytical methods.
The document discusses the differences between social science, natural science, and humanities. Social science examines human behavior and relationships through both scientific methods and other approaches. Natural science deals with the physical world using empirical evidence and focuses on fields like biology and physics. Humanities seeks to understand the human experience through philosophical and analytical methods.
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Review
1. Social science is engage on what study?
Social Science is engaged in the study of
phenomena relating to human group and their sociophysical environment. Review
2. Define social science as a field of study.
Social science is a group of academic
disciplines dedicated to examining human behavior and specifically how people interact with each other, behave, develop as a culture, and influence the world. What is Natural Sciences? It is a major branch of Science that deals with the description, prediction and understanding of natural phenomena, based on observational and empirical evidence. Two main branch of Natural Sciences
1. LIFE SCIENCE • or Biological Science 2. PHYSICAL SCIENCE • Physics • Astronomy • Chemistry • Earth Science What is Humanities?
• Refers to the study of the ways in which the human
experience is processed and documented.
• Encompasses the field of Philosophy, Literature,
Religion, Art, Music, History, and Language NATURAL SCIENCE VERSUS SOCIAL SCIENCE Natural Science is a branch of Social Science is the study of Science that deals with the human society and social physical world relationships Includes fields such as Biology, Includes fields such as Economics, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Political Science, Law, Geography, Science, and Astronomy and History Always use scientific method Use scientific methods as well as other methods Students are inclined to become Students are inclined to become doctors, nurses, engineers, lawyers, linguists, historians, biologists, chemists, writers, journalists, teachers, astronomers, etc. accountants, etc. HUMANITIES To better appreciate the meaning SOCIAL SCIENCE and purpose of the human experience – both broadly in the nature of the human condition, as well as within each individual To reveal wisdom, to better To analyze, explain, and possibly explore and address the big predict and produce new questions and meet the knowledge of factual information. challenges in human condition. MEANING OF SOCIAL SCIENCE, NATURAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES 1. Social Science: The field of human knowledge that deals with all aspects of the group life of human beings. So, it is subject to change with the changes of human behavior. 2. Natural Science: Behavioral Science a branch of science that seeks to elucidate the rules that govern the natural world by using the Empirical and Scientific method. 3. Humanities is an academic discipline that studies the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical or speculative Complete the Venn Diagram Complete the Venn Diagram What I have learned so far? Write your answer in a whole sheet of paper
1. What was the beginning of Social Science as a field of
inquiry? 2. Differentiate natural science from social science and humanities. 3. What is the Philosophy of Plato? Explain. 4. Describe the things in common about humanities versus social science? 5.What is the primary difference between the natural sciences and the social sciences? Assignment PICTURE ANALYSIS Instructions: Look at the picture as shown. Find out the meaning of the following words. Write your answers on your notebook.