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Branches of Science

The document outlines the major branches of science, categorizing them into Natural Sciences, Formal Sciences, and Social Sciences. It emphasizes that Natural Sciences study the physical world, Formal Sciences focus on formal systems like mathematics and logic, and Social Sciences examine human behavior and societal relationships. The document also highlights the scientific nature of Social Sciences in seeking true knowledge about society.

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Branches of Science

The document outlines the major branches of science, categorizing them into Natural Sciences, Formal Sciences, and Social Sciences. It emphasizes that Natural Sciences study the physical world, Formal Sciences focus on formal systems like mathematics and logic, and Social Sciences examine human behavior and societal relationships. The document also highlights the scientific nature of Social Sciences in seeking true knowledge about society.

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Branches of Science

Social Science and Philosophy


Introduction
At the end of the this topic,
you should be able to:

Objectives: Identify different major


branches of science;
Discuss Social Science as
science.
introduction
Scientific knowledge must
be based on observable
phenomena and must be
capable of being verified by
other researchers working
under the same
conditions.This verifiability
may well vary even within a
scientific discipline.

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Major Branches of Science
FORMAL SCIENCES
NATURAL SCIENCES • MATHEMATICS AND LOGICS
• PHYSICS • STATISTICS
• BIOLOGY • DATA SCIENCE
• CHEMISTRY

SOCIAL SCIENCES

PSYCHOLOGY GEOLOGY
SOCIOLOGY GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMICS HISTORY
ANTHROPOLOGY POLITICS
Natural Science
Natural Sciences are the core of the branches of
science as study the nature of our physical world
and the universe. The three branches of Natural
Sciences are:
• Physics The Study of the Universe
• Chemistry The Study of Matter
• Biology The Study of Life and Living Organisms.

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Wikipedia.com
Formal Science
Formal Sciences are the study of formal systems such as
those under the branches of logic and mathematics,
which use an a priori, as opposed
to empherical, methodology.
• The formal sciences are the branches of science that
are concerned with formal systems, such as
logic, mathematics, theoretical computer science,
information science, systems theory, decision theory,
statistics.

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Social Sciences
 Social Sciences are the study of human behavior in its social and
cultural aspects.
 Social science is the branch of science devoted to the study
of societies and the relationships among individuals within those
societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field
of sociology, the original "science of society", established in the
19th century. In addition to sociology, it now encompasses a wide
array of academic disciplines,
including anthropology, archeology, economics, human
geography, liguistics, political sciences, and psychology.

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Wikipedia.com
SOCIAL SCIENCE AS A SCIENCE
The social sciences
are scientific in the
sense that we seek
true knowledge of
man and his
society.
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