| 单词 | soft science |
| 释义 | > as lemmassoft science c. Designating a field or method of enquiry which is not amenable to precise mathematical treatment or to experimental verification or refutation; of or relating to enquiry of this kind. Frequently in soft science. Cf. hard adj. 9b. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > branch of knowledge > systematic knowledge, science > [adjective] > kinds of philosophical?a1513 mixed1605 pure1605 occulta1652 applied1832 statistical1885 marine scientific1937 soft1966 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > [adjective] > of a science: imprecise arm-waving1962 soft1966 1966 Time 3 June 43 Project SIMILE Director Hall T. Sprague says these games are ‘to the soft sciences what a laboratory is to the hard sciences of physics, chemistry and biology’. 1972 Lancet 25 Nov. 1138/1 Clinical departments..must learn a new respect for the ‘soft’ data of sociology. 1976 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 June 766/2 The soft areas in evolutionary theory, which he sorts into a series of Hegelian opposites: adaptive versus nonadaptive traits, [etc.]. 1982 Daily Tel. 23 Apr. 22 Most academic articles in all the sciences (hard and soft) are read by very few people. 2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 May iv. 15/2 Anxious to achieve the status of economics and the other ‘soft sciences’, the gatekeepers of sociology have insisted on a style of research and thinking that focuses on the testing of hypotheses. < as lemmas |
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