Birth and Growth of Social Sciences Flashcards
Greek Philosophers
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Science
Based on empirical data, tested theories, and carefully contrived observations
Science
Seeks to discover the truth about specific causes of events and happenings in the natural world
Science
It is inductive
Inductive Method
Begin with specific observations and measures, begin to detect patterns and regularities, formulate some tentative hypothesis that we can explore, and finally end up developing some general conclusions or theories
Deductive Method
Top-down approach
Disciplines of Social Sciences
Anthropology
Sociology
Political Science
Anthropology
Systematic study of biological, cultural, and social aspects of man
Anthropology
Integrates elements from biological sciences and humanities to fully comprehend the complex human species including their past practices and social patterns, across diverse culture
Sociology
Anthony Giddens
Sociology
The study of human social life, groups, and society. It is an academic discipline that attempts to provide deeper assesssment of individual and group behavior as well as social phenomena by examining the interplay between economic, political, and social factors. It also seeks to explain the bases of social order and social change
Political Science
Systematic study of politics
Political science
People make, preserve, and amend the general rules which they live
Political Science
The modern thinkers have brought all such activities under the scope of political science which are concerned with power, influence authority, shaping and sharing of power, and with all this the scope of political science has become quit vast.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Refers to historical changes in thought and belief, to changes in social and institutional organization, that unfolded in Europe
