Anonymous
10/19/2023 16:11
Subject: What is the difference between the humanities and social sciences?
Anthropology is said to be the most humanistic of the social sciences and the most scientific of the humanities.
Anonymous
10/19/2023 01:37
Subject: What is the difference between the humanities and social sciences?
Another border-line case: communications. Rhetoric clearly fits under humanities, but a lot of communications studies are similar to sociology.
Anonymous
10/18/2023 22:56
Subject: What is the difference between the humanities and social sciences?
Are there any methods used in humanities only but not social sciences and vice-versa?
Anonymous
10/18/2023 21:22
Subject: What is the difference between the humanities and social sciences?
Anonymous wrote:History is borderline humanities/social sciences.
Yes: it uses evidence and methods from both of those disciplinary approaches.
Anonymous
10/18/2023 17:06
Subject: What is the difference between the humanities and social sciences?
History is borderline humanities/social sciences.
Anonymous
10/18/2023 16:22
Subject: What is the difference between the humanities and social sciences?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Social Sciences include the History subjects
European History
American history
Government
Economics
The rest of humanities include
languages
literature
arts both theoretical and practical
What university has history under social sciences?
https://www.fas.harvard.edu/departments-programs-overview/social_science/
Harvard also has several more specific history departments in Arts&Humanities division
https://www.fas.harvard.edu/departments-programs-overview/arts_humanities/
Anonymous
10/18/2023 16:17
Subject: What is the difference between the humanities and social sciences?
Anonymous
10/18/2023 16:13
Subject: What is the difference between the humanities and social sciences?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Social Sciences include the History subjects
European History
American history
Government
Economics
The rest of humanities include
languages
literature
arts both theoretical and practical
What university has history under social sciences?
https://www.fas.harvard.edu/departments-programs-overview/social_science/
Anonymous
10/18/2023 16:07
Subject: What is the difference between the humanities and social sciences?
Anonymous wrote:Social Sciences include the History subjects
European History
American history
Government
Economics
The rest of humanities include
languages
literature
arts both theoretical and practical
What university has history under social sciences?
Anonymous
10/18/2023 16:05
Subject: What is the difference between the humanities and social sciences?
I think this is too simplistic:
https://keydifferences.com/difference-between-social-science-and-humanities.html
For instance it says social science is objective, has a scientific approach and has a positivist conception of truth, while the humanities are subjective, have an analytical approach and a relativist conception of truth.
Many social scientists think true objectivity in the study of human life is an illusion, so they're closer to the humanities in that respect.
Meanwhile, analytic philosophy (humanities) is aligned in orientation to the natural sciences, and that's the dominant stream in philosophy.
https://keydifferences.com/difference-between-social-science-and-humanities.html
For instance it says social science is objective, has a scientific approach and has a positivist conception of truth, while the humanities are subjective, have an analytical approach and a relativist conception of truth.
Many social scientists think true objectivity in the study of human life is an illusion, so they're closer to the humanities in that respect.
Meanwhile, analytic philosophy (humanities) is aligned in orientation to the natural sciences, and that's the dominant stream in philosophy.
Anonymous
10/18/2023 09:51
Subject: What is the difference between the humanities and social sciences?
Philosophy precedes science, in fact. Science used to be known as "natural philosophy." The natural sciences broke off from philosophy during the 18th century. The social sciences emerged in the 19th century.
Anonymous
10/18/2023 08:30
Subject: What is the difference between the humanities and social sciences?
I have degrees in humanities & social sciences. A big difference is in type of evidence you use. When writing a social science paper, you can barely say anything without backing it up with a reference to a peer-reviewed journal article. On the other hand, I got a master’s in philosophy from one of the top universities in the world, & when we wrote papers, we were told to minimize the references & use our own ideas & logic to pick apart some idea.
Anonymous
10/17/2023 19:38
Subject: What is the difference between the humanities and social sciences?
Humanities is a major where DCUM mocks you because you are never going to get a job and if you do it pay nothing.
Social Science is a major where DCUM mocks you and says it’s not a rigorous or real science and it’s just woke nonsense.
Social Science is a major where DCUM mocks you and says it’s not a rigorous or real science and it’s just woke nonsense.
Anonymous
10/17/2023 19:08
Subject: Re:What is the difference between the humanities and social sciences?
The problem with social "science" is that the scientific method requires replicability.
Anonymous
10/17/2023 18:27
Subject: What is the difference between the humanities and social sciences?
Anonymous wrote:There's a contentious in the social sciences over whether they're scientific (or should strive to emulate the natural sciences) or are fundamentally closer to the humanities:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/is-social-science-an-oxymoron-will-that-ever-change/
And I believe they should stay where they are--inclusive of both.