单词 | human science |
释义 | > as lemmashuman science human science n. [compare German Geisteswissenschaften (1829 or earlier); also the humanities at humanity n. 2] (in plural) those academic subjects in which people or their actions form the object of study, as contrasted with the natural sciences or physical sciences; the humanities, (in later use esp.) the social sciences. ΘΚΠ the world > people > science of mankind > [noun] anthropology1593 microcosmography1606 biology1686 human science1833 biotypology1927 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > humanistic studies > [noun] artsc1300 liberal artsa1398 humanity1483 anthroposophy1588 humanistics1716 human science1833 1833 E. B. Pusey Remarks Prospective & Past Benefits Cathedral Instit. in C. Thirlwall Let. to Revd. Thomas Turton on Admission of Dissenters to Acad. Degrees 14 Whatever schooling of the affections, or expansion of the whole mind and spirit, may be required for the right cultivation of the human sciences, must be much more necessary, when the things hereafter to be handled are the things of God. 1846 Times 8 June 4/3 If Adam Smith is a prophet, if political economy is the first of human sciences, and its doctrines above all contradiction, then Sir James is undoubtedly a very enlightened man. 1893 Geogr. Jrnl. 2 355 And the divorce between human sciences—history, economy, politics, morals—and natural sciences has been accomplished entirely by ourselves, especially during our century. 1943 Lasswell & McDougal in Yale Law Jrnl. 52 214 The great contribution of modern specialists on the human sciences is less in the realm of general theory than in the perfecting of method by which ancient speculations can be confirmed, modified or rejected. 2001 C. Freeland But is it Art? vi. 174 Art theorists draw on philosophy, and also on the human sciences, such as anthropology, sociology, and psychology, especially perceptual psychology. < as lemmas |
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