DISCIPLINE AND

IDEAS IN SOCIAL
SCIENCE- AN
INTRODUCTION
SOCIAL
SCIENCE
DEFINITION OF
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SELIGMAN
SOCIAL SCIENCE ARE THOSE MENTAL OR
CULTURAL SCIENCE WHICH DEAL WITH THE
ACTIVITIES OF THE INDIVIDUAL AS A MEMBER OF
THE GROUP. DEAL WITHY THE RELATIONSHIP OF
A MAN TO THE SOCIETY.
MITCHELL
THE TERM SOCIAL SCIENCE IS LOOSELY
APPLIED TO ANY KIND OF STUDY CONCERNING
MAN AND SOCIETY. HUMAN RELATIONSHIP AND
THE FORM OF ORGANIZATION DESIGNED TO
ENABLE PEOPLE TO LIVE TOGETHER IN SOCIETIES
DEFINITION OF
SOCIAL SCIENCE
PETER LEWIS
SOCIAL SCIENCE ARE CONCERNED
WITH THE LAWS THAT GOVERN
SOCIETY AND THE SOCIAL
DEPARTMENT OF A MAN.
FAIRCHILD
SOCIAL SCIENCE IS THE GENERAL
TERM FOR ALL THE SCIENCES WHICH
ARE CONCERNED WITH THE HUMAN
AFFAIRS.
DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
1.CHANCE IN HUMAN RELATIONSHIP AND
REINTERPRETATIONS BETWEEN THE PRESENT AND THE
PAST EVENT.
2.HUMAN ACTIVITIES AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS AND
INTERACTION OF CULTURE, BIOLOGIC AND PHYSICAL
ELEMENTS.
3.BASIC SOCIAL SYSTEM, INSTITUTION AND PROCESSES.
4.RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIVIDUAL INSTITUTIONS AND
AMONG POLITICAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL INSTITUTION.
HUMANITIES
THOSE BRANCHES OF
KNOWLEDGE THAT CONCERN
THEMSELVES WITH HUMAN
BEINGS AND THEIR CULTURE OR
WITH ANALYTIC AND CRITICAL
METHODS OF INQUIRY DERIVED
FROM AN APPRECIATION OF
HUMAN VALUES AND OF THE
UNIQUE ABILITY OF THE HUMAN
SPIRIT TO EXPRESS ITSELF.
NATURAL SCIENCE
DISCIPLINES THAT ONLY
FOCUS ON STUDYING NATURAL
EVENTS USING SCIENTIFIC
METHODS. BIOLOGY,
CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS, GEOLOGY
AND ASTRONOMY ARE SOME OF
THE FIELDS THAT FALL UNDER
THE NATURAL SCIENCE.
HISTORICAL
DEVELOPMENT OF
SOCIAL SCIENCE
History
TIMELINE OF THE IMPORTANT HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCE

1st Event 2nd Event 3rd Event 4th Event 5th Event 6th Event

ANCIENT MEDIEVAL FIRST SECOND 19TH 20TH

GREECE SCHOLASTISM HALF OF HALF OF CENTURY CENTURY
AND ROME 18TH 18TH
CENTURY CENTURY
ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME
THE HERITAGE OF GREEK AND ROME IS A
POWERFUL ONE IN THE HISTORY OF SOCIAL
THOUGHT, AS IT IS IN OTHER AREAS OF
WESTERN SOCIETY. VERY PROBABLY, APART
FROM THE INITIAL GREEK DETERMINATION TO
STUDY ALL THINGS IN THE SPIRIT OF
DISPASSIONATE AND RATIONAL INQUIRY, THERE
WOULD BE NO SOCIAL SCIENCES TODAY.
KEY PEOPLE

PLATO – “REPUBLIC” IS A PLATO’S WORK THAT

LAID DOWN SOME OF THE EARLIEST
THOUGHTS ON THE FOUNDATION OF AN IDEAL
SOCIETY.

ARISTOTLE’S SCIENTIFIC METHOD- TRUTHS ON

NATURE CAN BE DISCOVER THROUGH
CAREFUL OBSERVATIONS OF EMPIRICAL
FACTS.
 MEDIEVAL SCHOLASTICISM
IS THE COMBINATION OF FAITH AND
REASON. IT IS THE AGE OF EXPLORING
THE EARTH AND THE NATURE OF
MATER LED TO EXPLORE THE
INSTITUTIONS AROUND THEM: STATE,
ECONOMY, RELIGION AND HUMAN
NATURE ITSELF.
KEY PEOPLE

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS

SUMMA THEOLOGICA –
CONTAINED AND FASHIONED
SYNTHESES FROM IDEAS
ABOUT HUMANITY, SOCIETY
AND RELIGION.
FIRST HALF OF 18 TH
CENTURY
IN THIS PERIOD, SOME EFFORT WAS
SPENT ON THE STUDY OF MAN AND
SOCIETY. CAPITALISM HAD BEGUN TO
OUTGROW AND IT BECAME THE
DOMINANT SOCIO-ECONOMIC.
SECOND HALF OF 18 TH
CENTURY
IN THIS PERIOD, URBANIZATION
AND POPULATION GROWTH BECAME
ACCELERATED, ALSO SLUMS,
ALCOHOLISM, BRUTALITY OF
MANNERS DEVELOPED WHICH WERE
TO BECOME THE TARGETS OF SOCIAL
REFORM.
KEY PEOPLE

AUGUSTE COMTE – THE FATHER AND INVENTED

THE TERM SOCIOLOGY. HE GIVE THE
PRINCIPLE OF THE POSITIVE CHARACTER OF
THE SOCIAL SCIENCE.

MONSTESQUIEU AND VOLTAIRE- NEW PATH FOR

POLITICS AND HISTORY.
 19 TH
CENTURY
SOCIAL SCIENCE HAD ATTAINED IN
ALL THE LEADING EUROPEAN
COUNTRIES A FIRM AND RESPECTABLE
POSITION. THE CONTRIBUTION OF
AUGUSTE COMTE WAS ACCEPTED
IMMEDIATELY.
 20 TH
CENTURY
AT THIS STAGE, THE SOCIAL SCIENCE
HAS BECOME INSTITUTIONALIZED TO
A HIGH DEGREE. IT HAS NOE BECOME
A SUBJECT OF RESEARCH.
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F A I R C H I L D
ACCORDING TO HIM, SOCIAL SCIENCE IS THE
GENERAL TERM FOR ALL THE SCIENCES
WHICH ARE CONCERNED WITH THE HUMAN
AFFAIRS.
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C H E M I S T R Y
ONE OF THE FIELDS IN
NATURAL SCIENCE.
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A Q U I N A S
WROTE THE SUMMA THEOLOGICA
THAT IS ABOUT HUMANITY,
SOCIETY AND RELIGION.
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