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