LESSON 1 DISS

Greece, Rome, India

nature of Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, and Humanities (Countries)

Herodutus

• father of History

• Compiled the data of history

Aristotle

father of political science

Revolution

development of Social Science

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

tradition of reasoning

Science

attempt to construct theories

Natural Science

• testable explanations and predictions about universe

• laws that rule the world

Le Doux

natural events using scientific method as to Natural Science

Social Science

• individual behaviour

• how society influences behaviour

• interaction

Social Science

* anthropology, psychology, geography, political science

Humanities

• human culture

• man's unique ability to express himself

Humanities

• heritage

• human expression

• what makes us human

Origin of Natural Science

• Renaissance

• more systematic methods

• curiosity and endeavour to transform nature

17th century

origin of natural science (Year)

Copernicus and Galileo

who led scientific revolution

Origin of Social Science

• scientific studies of social interaction

• positivist approach

19th century

origin of social science (Year)

Emile Durkheim

suicide

Aguste Comte

• scientific studies

• positivism

Humanities

• development of tradegy or drama

• comedy

• ancient times

• philosophy

5th centure B.C.E Greece

origin of humanities (Year)

Social Science

• study objects

• social interaction

• coexistence

• classified by common perspective

Humanities

Arts, Fashion, Dance, Music, Theater, Philosophy, Religion, Language, Literature and Linguistics

Natural science methods

• most popular methods of scientific investigation

• rely more on mathematical methods

Humanities Methods

Observation, Phenomenology, Conceptual Analysis, Sypnotic Method