Social Sciences, asked by reshmababy8539, 1 year ago

How social science is a unique combination of various disciplines?

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Answered by saindulakavath
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Explanation:

The foot bone's connected to the leg bone. The leg bone's connected to the knee bone…'' You may have heard this little ditty that teaches children the parts of the body. In a similar way that parts of the body connect, the social sciences do too. ''The anthropology department's connected to the sociology department. The sociology department's connected to the economics department.'' (Somehow it doesn't have the same ring to it, does it?)

Perhaps an even better comparison is not just how one connects to another, but how they're all related, a bit like how the organs of the body work together to keep the body alive. In the case of the social sciences, each academic discipline plays a role in explaining the human condition.

Like the natural sciences (think chemistry, biology, and physics, for instance), the social sciences use tools and methods in a systematic way to explain the phenomena they see in human culture and relationships. However, because of the nature of their subject - human beings - the social sciences often need to rely on different types of measures and descriptions than are used in the rest of the scientific community. A bit like the children's song about the bones or how the body functions as a whole, let's consider how one discipline relates to the others.

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