NATURAL SCIENCE

SOCIAL SCIENCE

HUMANITIES
 WHAT IS SOCIAL
SCIENCE?

• THE SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF VARIOUS

ASPECTS OF HUMAN SOCIETY.
• ESTABLISHED IN 19TH CENTURY.
 BRANCHES OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

HISTORY
GEOGRAPHY
ANTHROPOLOGY

ECONOMICS

LINGUISTICS

PSYCHOLOGY

SOCIOLOGY

DEMOGRAPHY
POLITICAL SCIENCE
These are the braches of study which deal with human in their social relations and also study how
society develop and how culture evolves.
 WHAT IS NATURAL
SCIENCE?
• A MAJOR BRANCH OF SCIENCE THAT DEALS
WITH THE DESCRIPTION, PREDICTION AND
UNDERSTANDING OF NATURAL
PHENOMENA, BASICALLY BASED ON
OBSERVATIONAL AND EMPIRICAL
EVIDENCE.
TWO MAIN BRANCHES OF NATURAL SCIENCE

LIFE SCIENCE PHYSICAL SCIENCE

• OR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE • PHYSICS
• ASTRONOMY
• CHEMISTRY
• EARTH SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE V. NATURAL SCIENCE
THINGS IN COMMON:
• BOTH SCIENCES EMPLOY THE SCIENTIFIC MODEL IN ORDER TO GAIN INFORMATION.
• BOTH SCIENCES USE EMPIRICAL AND MEASURED DATA EVIDENCE THAT CAN BE SEEN AND DISCERNED BY
THE SENSES.
• BOTH SCIENCES, THEORIES CAN BE TESTED TO YIELD THEORETICAL STATEMENTS AND GENERAL
POSITIONS.
DIFFERENCES:
NATURAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SCIENCE
Started during the 16th and 17th century. Arose 300 years later.
Deals with object. Deals with subject. (Human being)
Characterized by exactness, controlled variables, It is spontaneous, unpredictable and uncontrollable,
and predictability. as it deals with human emotions and behavior.
Experimental Data Experiential Data
Typically involves alternative methods of
The typical method of science is doing repetitive
observation and interaction with people within
and conventional laboratory experiments.
community.
Closed System Open System
 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.
SOCIAL SCIENCE V. HUMANITIES
THINGS IN COMMON:

• BOTH THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE ARE CONCERNED WITH HUMAN ASPECTS LIKE, LAW,
POLITICS, LINGUISTICS, ECONOMICS, AND PSYCHOLOGY.
• BOTH THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ARE CONCERNED WITH HUMAN LIVES AND NATURE.
DIFFERENCES:
HUMANITIES SOCIAL SCIENCE
Influence by and developed after the French
Emerged in the 15th century.
revolution and the industrial revolution.

Humanities involved a more of a scientific approach. Social science deal with more scientific approach.

Deemed to be more philosophical and concerned

Involves application of an empirical, rational, and
with heritage and the question of what makes us
objective methodology (such as the use of validity
human. Comprise application of an interpretative
and reliability test) to present facts.
methodology.
FUNCTIONS:
HUMANITIES SOCIAL SCIENCE
1. To better appreciate the meaning and purpose of To analyzed , explain, and possibly predict and
the human experience – both broadly in the nature of produce new knowledge of factual information.
the human condition, as well as within each individual

2. To reveal wisdom, to better explore and address the To generate and produce new knowledge or factual
big questions and meet the challenges in human information.
condition.
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