Social Science Smarts

Social science is the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies.

Social science encompasses disciplines such as sociology, anthropology, economics, human geography, linguistics, management science, communication science, and political science.

Positivist social scientists use methods similar to those used in the natural sciences to understand societies.

<p>Interpretivist or speculative social scientists may use social critique or symbolic interpretation instead of constructing empirically falsifiable theories.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The history of the social sciences began in the Age of Enlightenment and saw a revolution in natural philosophy, changing the framework of scientific understanding.</p> Signup and view all the answers