5 Questions
Which academic discipline was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology?
Anthropology
What methods do positivist social scientists use for understanding societies?
Methods resembling those used in the natural sciences
In which historical period did the history of the social sciences begin?
Age of Enlightenment after 1650
What do interpretivist or speculative social scientists use for constructing theories?
Social critique or symbolic interpretation
How do modern academic researchers often conduct their research?
Eclectic, using multiple methodologies
Explore the wide array of academic disciplines within social science, including sociology, anthropology, archaeology, economics, human geography, and more.
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