Portaal:Inhoudsopgawe/Hoofpunte/Samelewing en sosiale wetenskappe

Wetenskap – systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the world. An older and closely related meaning still in use today is that of Aristoteles, for whom scientific knowledge was a body of reliable knowledge that can be logically and rationally explained.

• Basis of science
  • Scientific method – body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. To be termed scientific, a method of inquiry must be based on gathering empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning.
• Branches of science
  • Social sciences –
    • Anthropology – The study of humanity.
    • Archaeology – The study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation, and analysis of material remains and environmental data, including architecture, artifacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes.
    • Economics –
    • Geography – The study of the surface of the Earth.
    • History – The study of the past.
    • Linguistics – The study of natural languages.
    • Law –
    • Political science – The study of the state, government and politics.
    • Psychology – The study of mental processes and behavior.
    • Sociology – The study of society.
    • Relationships –

Society

• Business –
  • Economics –
    • Microeconomics
      • Industrial organization –
  • Finance – The study of funds management.
  • Management –
  • Marketing –
• Communication –
  • Journalism
    • Environmental journalism –
• Community –
• Education –
• Firefighting –
• Politics –
  • Democracy –
  • Green politics –
  • Law –
    • Criminal justice
      • Criminal justice in the United States –
      • Law enforcement –
    • Tort law –
  • Public affairs –
  • Rights –