Classification of science

Classification of science
Science may be classified into the natural and the social sciences.

The natural sciences study phenomena processes as well as objects in nature and provide systematic information about the nonhuman and physical aspect of the natural world.

Biology, physics, chemistry, zoology, geology and astronomy are some of the natural sciences.

The social sciences are involved in the study of society, social relations and human behavior.

The social scientist make use of the method and tools used by the natural scientists in the study of social behavior and social phenomena, and their subjects are human beings who can and do talk back.

Hence, social scientists encounter some ethical problems in studying their subjects, something which is not experienced by the natural scientists.

There are ethical limits to the kinds of experiments that they can perform, like those which may inflict moral or physical harm on the subjects.

This social sciences included economics, political science, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and history.
Classification of science