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What are the three major branches of modern science?

The three major branches of modern science are natural sciences, social sciences, and formal sciences.

Give examples of disciplines under each of the major branches of modern science.

Examples of disciplines under natural sciences include physics, chemistry, and biology; under social sciences include economics, psychology, and sociology; and under formal sciences include logic, mathematics, and theoretical computer science.

What are applied sciences and give examples of disciplines under this category?

Applied sciences are disciplines that use scientific knowledge for practical purposes, such as in engineering and medicine.

What is the disagreement regarding the formal sciences as science disciplines?

There is disagreement whether the formal sciences are science disciplines, because they do not rely on empirical evidence. Signup and view all the answers

What is the historical timeline of scientific discipline?

The history of scientific discipline spans the majority of the historical record, with the earliest written records of identifiable predecessors to modern science dating to Bronze Age Egypt and Mesopotamia. Signup and view all the answers

What are the three major branches of modern science?

The three major branches of modern science are natural sciences, social sciences, and formal sciences. Signup and view all the answers

Give examples of disciplines within the natural sciences.

Examples of disciplines within the natural sciences include physics, chemistry, and biology. Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes formal sciences from natural and social sciences?

Formal sciences study formal systems, governed by axioms and rules, and do not rely on empirical evidence. Signup and view all the answers

Are formal sciences considered science disciplines? Why or why not?

There is disagreement whether formal sciences are science disciplines, because they do not rely on empirical evidence. Signup and view all the answers

What are applied sciences? Give examples of applied science disciplines.

Applied sciences are disciplines that use scientific knowledge for practical purposes, such as in engineering and medicine. Signup and view all the answers

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