History Of Social Sciences

Question 1

Are tools that can be used to have a better understanding of the world we live in.

Answer 1

The Social Sciences

Question 2

Beginning of the Social Sciences
• Philosophy being distinct from science.
• Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.

Answer 2

Ancient Greece

Question 3

Religion was conflated with science.

Answer 3

The 15th Century: The Middle Ages

Question 4

Reason reigned supreme over imagination
• Challenged Church teachings and beliefs.
• Isaac Newton, René Descartes.

Answer 4

The 16th Century: The Scientific Revolution

Question 5

Social Sciences came to the fore
• Human Nature, society, politics.
• John Locke, Montesquiue

Answer 5

The 17th and 18th Century: Age of Enlightenment

Question 6

Industrialization and Capitalism
• Brought societal ills that social thinkers increasingly studied.
• Karl Marx and Max Weber

Answer 6

The 19th Century: Industrial Age

Question 7

Social Sciences became an integral part of the Academe
• Beginnings of social scientific research.
• Doaciplines not distinct, but rather coexist.
• Michael Foucault, Bronisław Malinowski

Answer 7

The 20th Century: Social Sciences in the Academe

Question 8

Continuing need to use social science disciplines to understand an ever-evolving world.

Answer 8

The 21st Century: Social Sciences Today