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The problems of knowledge as it applies to the natural and social sciences. Can one really equate the social and natural sciences?
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THE PROBLEMS OF KNOWLEDGE AS IT APPLIES TO THE NATURAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. CAN ONE REALLY EQUATE THE SOCIAL AND NATURAL SCIENCES? When dealing with natural and social sciences it is important to note their differences. 'Natural Sciences' are those that deals with the objects, phenomena, or laws, objects and processes of nature and the physical world, such as biology, physics, chemistry, and geology; they are work on a more strictly empirical level. The 'social sciences' are the study of human society and of individual relationships in and to that society, they deal with such studies as sociology, psychology, anthropology, economics, political science, and history. This also includes the study of human behaviour. When looking at the two sciences, it is also important to note that there is a significant human factor which is involved in soft/social sciences, which lacks to exist in the hard/natural sciences. The main difference...
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