Thursday, February 16, 2017

Defining Social Science


Social Sciences


  • Fields of scholarship that study society. 

Other definitions:

  • Study of how social organization work and to identify the problem that result form the fact that they do not work perfectly (Gordon, 1991)
  • It is an attempt to replicate the scientific success of the natural sciences in Social Organizations.
  • Social Science is a study of how scientific attitude exercised in the natural sciences is applied in the different social organizations.

History of Social Science

The history of the social sciences begins in the roots of ancient philosophy. In ancient history, there was no difference between mathematics and study of history, poetry or politics.The term "social science" may refer either to the specific sciences of society established by thinkers such as Comte, Durkheim, Marx, and Weber, or more generally to all disciplines outside of "noble science" and arts.


Social Science Disciplines

The social science disciplines are branches of knowledge taught and researched at the college or university level. Social science disciplines are defined and recognized by the academic journals in which research is published, and the learned social science societies and academic departments or faculties to which their practitioners belong.

  • Anthropology
  • Economics
  • Geography
  • History
  • Linguistics
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology & Demography

No comments:

Post a Comment